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Whiskey Cookies

• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 pound margarine (2 sticks)
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup whiskey, use rum or any 80 proof whiskey
• 1 pound of cut up and pitted dates
• 1/2 pound of light raisins
• 1 pound cut up walnuts
• 3 cups flour, sifted 3 times with
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Candied cherries, halved

Instructions:
Cream together the sugar, margarine & eggs. Add remaining ingredients except cherries. Mix together thoroughly. It is a very stiff dough. Drop from a teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet, two inches apart. Top with a cherry half. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes.
Makes about 100 cookies.