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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened 3 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 cup all-purpose flour ⅛ teaspoon salt ¼ cup walnut halves, or as needed 10 ounces pitted dates, slit open confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Nutrition Info

74.3 calories carbohydrate: 9.5 g cholesterol: 9.4 mg fat: 4 g fiber: 0.8 g protein: 0.9 g saturatedFat: 2.2 g servingSize: - sodium: 33.5 mg sugar: 5.8 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Sift flour and salt together into a bowl, stir into creamed butter until dough holds together. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill, 3 hours to overnight.
Press 1 walnut into each date and press closed.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Spread a pastry cloth over a work surface and sprinkle generously with confectioners' sugar. Roll chilled dough into 1/8-inch thick rectangle on the prepared work surface. Cut dough into 3 1/2 x 1 1/2-inch strips using a pastry wheel or pizza cutter.
Place 1 stuffed date in the center of each strip. Roll strip around date and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Arrange cookies, folded side-down, on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes.

36 servings

My mom made this every year at Christmas. It's a great treat that everybody loves! Pecans can be substituted for walnuts.