Bomma's Date Nut Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pound dates chopped
• 2 cups pecans chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 each egg whites stiffly beaten

Instructions

1. Combine dry ingredients and mix with dates, pecans, and vanilla in a large bowl.
2. Mix in egg whites.
3. Drop by teasponnful onto a greased cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 325F for 15 minutes.