Harvest Cookies
October 7, 2001 Helen B. - Baking Tester
About
These cookies are moist and have a good flavour. Not too sweet. Those wanting a sweeter cookie could add up to 1/4 cup honey. A nice cookie for the Fall season.
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients
| Vegetable Oil | 1/3 cup | |
| Egg | 1 lg | |
| Cooked & mashed squash | 1 cup | |
| Unbleached White Flour | 1 1/2 cups | |
| Baking Powder | 1/2 tsp | |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp | |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 tsp | |
| Dates, finely chopped | 1 1/2 cups or to taste |
Directions
- Beat together oil, egg, and squash.
- Add flour, baking powder and spices.
- Beat well; stir in dates.
- Drop batter by small teaspoonfuls onto lightly oiled baking sheets.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 15 minutes or until firm to the touch.
- Cool on wire racks.
Above photo of Harvest Display by Petr Kratochvil, courtesy, PublicDomainPictures.net.
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