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Sour Cream Date Drops Recipe

Sour cream lends perfect, moist flavor to these cookies filled with old-fashioned flavor. The recipe has earned me first prize at many fairs!

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Sour Cream Date Drops Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 72 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup finely chopped dates
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup candied cherries, chopped

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the dates, nuts and cherries.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container with waxed paper between layers. Yield: 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 78 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 57 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 starch.

Originally published as Sour Cream Date Drops in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p141