Date-Filled Roll-Ups

Name: Date-Filled Roll-Ups
Yield: Makes about 40 cookies
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (7 ounces/198 grams), walnuts or pecans, chopped fine; 9 ounces (255 grams) pitted, dates, chopped fine (1 1/2 cups); 1 cup, water; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 3 1/2 cups (17 1/2 ounces/496 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 cup packed (7 ounces/198 grams), brown sugar; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), granulated sugar; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 3 , large eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013

Equal parts brown and granulated sugar make a moist dough with subtle, caramel-y flavor, and sweet dried dates soften during a quick simmer on the stovetop.

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SERVES Makes about 40 cookies

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 3 hours chilling

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