Dave’s Favorite Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• 1½ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2½ cups flour
• 2 lb. dates (halved)
• 1 lb. candied cherries (halved)
• 1 lb candied pineapple
• 2 cups whole walnuts
• 1 cup whole filberts
• 2 cups whole almonds
• 2 cups whole Brazil nuts

Add brown sugar, margarine, and eggs to a large bowl. Stir in cinnamon, soda, salt, and flour. Mix in the dates, cherries, pineapple, walnuts, filberts, almonds, and Brazil nuts.

Shape into tight balls. Bake 10–15 minutes at 350° F. Cool to mellow.