Never Enough Cookies - Lemonade Cookies / Date Cookies

Cookies are my favorite treat. Have I said that before? I might say it again. Anyway, I decided to make two batches today to take to my neighbors for dessert and to have some leftovers to take to St. George on Monday. The first were Lemonade Cookies. You can't buy the six ounce frozen lemonade anymore. If you want to make these cookies, you can thaw half to use in the cookies and use the rest as a drink. Punch & Cookies - what better refreshment?

LEMONADE COOKIES
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
1 cup sugar
3 cups flour
1 can thawed lemonade
Cream butter & sugar. Add eggs & beat. Add soda & 1/3 cup lemonade. Add flour & lemonade alternately. Drop on greased baking sheet. Bake 8 min. at 400°F. Brush hot cookies with remaining lemonade & sprinkle with sugar. Makes 2-3 dozen.

The other recipe I chose was Date Cookies. This was written in the back pages of the old cookbook mentioned before. An interesting recipe, it called for maple syrup instead of sugar. It only called for 2 cups of flour, and the dough didn't seem stiff enough. I added probably an additional cup, compensating for the fact that my flour had been double sifted. I probably added too much because the cookies seemed a bit dry. However, Nolan liked them, so I guess they weren't all that bad.

DATE COOKIES
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1/3 cup warm water
2/3 cup melted shortening
2/3 cup nuts
1 cup finely cut dates
1 cup maple flavored syrup
Sift flour & dry ingredients. Beat eggs well; add syrup & warm water. Add gradually to flour mix. Add shortening, nuts & dates. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls & bake at 350°F ten to twelve min.