Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                Cup  Butter Or Margarine -- Softened
  1 1/2           Cups  Brown Sugar
  3                     Eggs
  1         Tablespoon  Molasses
  1         Tablespoon  Grated Orange Peel
  1           Teaspoon  Cloves
  1                 Te  Salt
  1           Teaspoon  Cinnamon
     1/2      Teaspoon  Ground Ginger
  3               Cups  All-Purpose Flour
  1           Teaspoon  Baking Soda
  1                Cup  Chopped Walnuts
     1/2           Cup  Chopped Raisins
  1                Cup  Chopped Dates

Preparation:

Place butter, brown sugar, eggs, molasses, orange peel, cloves, salt, cinnamon, and ground ginger in bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater. Turn to speed 6 and beat 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Return to speed 6 and beat 30 seconds. Add flour and baking soda. Turn to speed 2 and beat 15 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to stir speed and quickly add walnuts, raisins, and dates, mixing just until blended. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking shets. Bake at 375 F for 1214 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information:

5330 Calories (kcal); 273g Total Fat; (44% calories from fat); 91g Protein; 665g Carbohydrate; 1058mg Cholesterol; 5543mg Sodium