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Date Nut Pinwheel Cookies I
Jo-Anne
"Rolled cookies with a date-filled center."
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Ingredients
servings 231Original recipe yields 24 servings (4 dozen)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Chop pitted dates in food chopper. Place dates into small saucepan and add 1/4 cup sugar, dash of salt, and 1 1/4 cups of water. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture is of a soft consistency. Remove from heat.
- Add grated lemon rind, lemon juice, and chopped nuts. Mix well and chill.
- Cream together 3/4 cup butter and gradually add 1/2 cup white sugar and 1cup lightly packed brown sugar. Beat well. Beat 2 eggs until thick and add to creamed mixture part at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
- Measure into a sifter 3 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon of salt. Sift together twice. Sift dry ingredients into creamed mixture about 1/4 at a time. Combine thoroughly after each addition. Chill until firm.
- Divide dough into 3 parts. Roll out 1 part at a time into a rectangle. Spread with date filling. Roll up jelly roll fashion in waxed paper. Chill several hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- With sharp knife, slice 1/4 inch thick slices off of rolls and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake 10 - 13 minutes. Let cool.
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Most helpful positive review
1/8/2009
Wow, wow, and WOW!!!! These manage to be deicate and chewy at the same time. Luscious filling. The lemon offsets the sweetness of the dates to perfection. The only change I made is to add a tsp ...
Most helpful critical review
4/25/2002
Tasted good enough, but they were a little too much work.
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1/8/2009
Wow, wow, and WOW!!!! These manage to be deicate and chewy at the same time. Luscious filling. The lemon offsets the sweetness of the dates to perfection. The only change I made is to add a tsp ...
12/29/2009
No one ever said these would be easy to make. Not that they're overly difficult, but they are somewhat labor intensive. I grew up with cookies very similar to these and wanted to recreate them. ...
12/15/2003
These are the best pinwheels I've tasted. The cookie is light and the date/nut mixture adds just the right sweetness. They're more difficult that drop cookies, but about as much work as any ot...
11/21/2009
I made this with lemon zest substituted. The dough is a little sticky and hard to make a perfect pinwheel with but the taste was great!
2/21/2007
Very Good, recipe made a LOT! My daughter says they taste like fig newtons.
11/17/2006
I love the taste of this cookie but found i had to add flour to roll them up. My family & friends liked them also
4/23/2004
These cookies are worth all the time and trouble they take to make! They are SOO GOOD! I couldn't wait several hours for the pinwheels to freeze as per instructions but 35-40 minutes in the free...
1/2/2012
It has been 50 years or so since I've had these. They are very close to what Mom made back then. Sure they are a lot of work, but worth every minute. The lemon zest and juice are just brillia...