Dark Secrets Cookie

Dark Secrets Cookie

from The Southern Cookbook 1965 "A cookie of the Deep South"

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons butter, melted

3 unbeaten eggs

5 to 5 1/2 tablespoons flour

1 cup chopped dates

1 cup chopped pecans

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

vanilla

Mix the sugar with the unbeaten eggs; add melted butter; add nuts and  dates. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to egg  mixture. Grease a shallow baking pan, spread cake mixture in. Bake in  325 - 350-degree F. oven until set but do not bake too done as they  should be chewy. Cut into squares or strips about 1 inch wide, roll in powdered sugar.