Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
    2/3 c  Butter                            1/2 ts Cloves 
      1 c  Brown sugar                         1 ts Baking powder* 
      2    Eggs                                8 oz Raisins 
      2 c  Flour                               8 oz Chopped dates 
  1 1/2 ts Cinnamon                            1 c  Chopped nuts 
  
  * dissolved in a little warm water 
   
   This mildly spicy cookie will be a big hit with everyone who loves fruit 
  and nuts. 
   
   Preheat oven to 375Ü. 
   
   In a large bowl, cream butter with sugar and eggs until fluffy. In a 
  separate bowl, sift flour with cinnamon and cloves. Slowly beat flour into 
  butter and sugar. Add the dissolved baking soda. Stir in raisins, dates and 
  nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375Ü for 
  7-9 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. 
   
  Yield: 4 dozen. Maria Bappert, Food Editor, The Good News Weekly, Chicago, 
  IL 
   
     Randy Shearer