Instructions: Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs, then baking soda and water, flour, salt, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix in by hand the dates and nuts.

Let dough sit all night in refrigerator. Make up in small round shapes.

Roll in granulated sugar before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

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