Ruth’s Afternoon Club Date Roll

The Story

Rosie Lee typed this one up as “Like Ruth had at Afternoon Club.”

Ingredients

• 24 graham crackers, ground, plus whole graham crackers for rolling
• 1 lb dates, cut fine
• 1 lb marshmallows, cut fine
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 pint whipping cream, whipped

Steps

1. Mix the ground graham crackers, dates, marshmallows and nuts with the whipped cream.
2. Roll it out on graham crackers.

Notes

The card doesn’t say, but rolls like this are usually chilled until firm and then sliced.

It’s typed on a card with three other recipes (Vida’s Friend’s Oatmeal Cookies, Coconut Pudding Pie and German Chocolate Icing). A few typed lines under it are x-ed out.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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