Food Network: Oatmeal Date Spice Cookies

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Oatmeal Date Spice Cookies
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Desserts, Miramax Books, 2003.

Ingredients
1 (18.25-ounce) box classic yellow cake mix
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
1 cup chopped dates

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine cake mix, melted butter, flour, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat
with a hand mixer for 1 minute, or until well blended. Stir in oats, walnuts and dates. Drop heaping

tablespoons of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 10
minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer
cookies to a cooling rack or platter.