Instructions: Combine eggs, fruit sugar and melted margarine and beat well. Add dates, almonds, cherries, pineapple and ginger. Mix well, then add flour, baking powder and salt, mixing well. Bake in a greased 8"x8" pan at 350 degrees for 45-50 mins. Cut into squares while still warm. Shape into small balls or logs and roll in fruit sugar.

NOTES : These were a special cookie at home when I was growing up. I tried to fing a similar recipe but they were never the same. Mom said she had lost the recipe but when I went for a visit recently I found the recipe. It had been miss filed all these years. I usually add more candied ginger.

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