½ cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup sour milk
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well. Add sour milk, add sifted dry ingredients, beating well. Add vanilla, add dates, nuts and lemon juice. Beat well. Spread ½ inch thick in greased shallow pan. Bake at 350 degrees 25 to 30 minutes. Cut in bars when cool and dust with confectionery sugar.
Makes about 4 - 5 dozen bar cookies 1x
Cookie Category: Bar
Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆
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