Japanese hard tack cookies

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       Title: Japanese Hard Tack Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       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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