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.