Holiday Billy Goats

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 each egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 18 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 4 cups nuts chopped
• 1 pound dates chopped

1. Cream together the butter or margarine and sugar until fluffy.
2. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and heat well for about 2 minutes.
3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves and add to the mixture.
4. Add the milk and stir well.
5. Now fold in the nuts and dates.
6. Drop by the teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 325F (160C) for about 20 minutes.

butter, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves ground, buttermilk, nuts, dates

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/holiday-billy-goats-36348 (may not work)