Japanese hard tack cookies

1 c  Sugar
    3/4 c  flour
      2 ts baking powder
      1 ts Salt
      2    Eggs; well beaten
     11 oz Dates
      1 c  Up and floured
      1 c  Chopped nuts
           Powdered sugar
 
  Recipe by: VIVIEN SHEA (RWVK19A)
  1. Sift and mix together the sugar, flour, baking powder
  and salt. Add eggs and mix well. Add dates and nuts.
  2. Spread mixture thinly on a well greased 13x17 inch jelly
  roll pan. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or until brown.
  Cool and cut into bars. Dust with powdered sugar. Yield 3
  dz.JM.
  From the cookbook "Only In California."
 
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