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Ritz Cookies 1 cup chopped dates
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Frosting:
4 ounces lite cream cheese
1/4 cup softened oleo
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups or more confectioner's sugar
1. Blend dates and milk in top of double boiler. Cook, mashing an stirring often (about 10 minutes) until thick. Add nuts, cool.
2. Spread a little dob on a cracker and bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Cool.
3. For frosting, mix together cream cheese, oleo, vanilla and confectioner's sugar until consistency to spread. Spread on each cookie.
4. Then freeze until set. Pack and store in freezer. Unfreeze a few at a time for a delicious treat. (If on a salt-reduced diet, salt-free Ritz crackers work fine.
Marylyn Jacobs, 14 Creek Road, Carlton
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