Date Pinwheels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups chopped dates
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs, well-beaten
4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

For Filling: Cook together dates, sugar, water for 10 min or until thick.
When cool, add nuts.
For Dough: Cream shortening and brown sugar.
Add eggs; mix well.
Sift dry ingredients together& combine with egg mixture; mix well.
Divide dough into 4 parts; roll each 1/4\" thick.
Spread each with 1/4 of filling, roll up like a jelly roll.
Cover the four'logs' and chill several hours.
Slice 1/4\" thick for each pinwheel.
Bake 8-10 min.
at 375.