Spice drop cookies

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup butter
• 1/4 cup mixed peel, chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup red glacé (candied) cherries, chopped
  
• 1/2 cup green glacé (candied) cherries, chopped
• 2 tsp allspice
• 4 cups flour
  
  
• optional: 3/4 cup walnuts (or pecans), chopped
• optional: 1 cup dates, chopped
  

Method:

• preheat oven to 300 degrees Farenheit
• cream together butter, sugare and eggs until fluffy
• add vanilla, allspice and banking soda and mix well
• slowly add flour while mixing
• stop adding flour when you have a thick dough (usually somewhere between 3.5 cups and four cups)
  
  
• drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet
• bake for 12 minutes until golden brown