Nanny's Date Nut Cookies
Nanny's soft, puffy old fashioned Date Nut Cookies, straight from her handwritten recipe card.
Servings 58
Calories 116kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter (2 sticks)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, mix together butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, along with the vanilla, and mix until fluffy and creamy. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture gradually, alternating with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
- Stir in the dates and walnuts.
- Using a tablespoon sized scoop, drop cookie dough portions onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until edges are slightly brown and top of cookie no longer looks wet.
- Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire cooling rack.
Notes
Cookies will likely need to be baked in batches. Bake time is per batch of cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg | Net Carbohydrates: 16g
