Jingle Bell Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teasp. baking soda
1 teasp. cinnamon
1 teasp. salt
1 teasp. vanilla
2 pounds of dates, cut-up
4 slices of candied pineapple, cut-up
1/2 cup candied green cherries cut-up
1/2 cup candied red cherries cut-up
1 cup of whole hazel nuts
1 cup of pecans, broken
1 cup of walnuts, broken

Cream butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs, beaten.

Use 1/2 cup of the flour to mix with the candied fruit.

Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, vanilla, dates, candied fruit,
and nuts to the creamed mixture. Mix together well.

Drop by teaspoons on to unoiled baking sheets. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes.

This cookie recipe came from my mother in Wisconsin in 1978. She wrote: To All Interested Cookie Bakers. These are
"absolutely delicious."