Refrigerator Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
    1 large egg
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1 dash salt
    1 cup flour
    1/4 cup dates, unsugared, chopped
    1/4 cup coconut, shredded
    1/4 cup pecans or 1/4 walnuts
Preparation
    Cream butter, egg and vanilla until mixed and fluffy.
    Beat in dry ingredients gradually mixing well after each addition.
    Mix in dates, coconut and 1/2 cup of the nuts.
    Form dough into two 1-1/2 inch logs.
    roll logs into remaining nuts (1/4 cup each).
    Wrap in waxed paper and chill (or freeze) until firm enough to slice.
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
    Slice cookies 1/4-inch thick and place on a nonstick cookie sheet.
    bake 10-12 minutes until light golden brown.
    cool on wire racks.
    2 cookies = 1 fat, 1/2 fruit, 1/4 bread, 95 calories.

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