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     Title: Chocolate Chip Date Coffee Cake
Categories: Governors r, Cheesecakes
     Yield: 1 servings

          =step #1
     1 c  Cut-up dates
 1 1/2 c  Boiling water
     1 ts Soda
          Mix together and let cool.
          =step #2
   1/2 c  Margarine
     1 c  Sugar
     2    Eggs
     1 ts Vanilla
 1 1/2 c  Flour
   1/2 ts Soda
          =step #3
   1/2 c  Brown sugar
   1/2 c  Chopped nuts
     1 c  Chips
          Mix together.

 Recipe by: Governor Bill Graves, Kansas
 Cream margarine and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla.
 Add flour and soda. Then add all of the ingredients in STEP
 #2 to the cooled date mixture and mix well. Pour into
 greased and floured 9" x13" pan. Sprinkle ingredients in
 STEP #3 over top and bake 35 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
 Step #3 Mix together.
 May be topped with ice cream or whipped cream and served as
 a dessert.JM.
 Governor Bill Graves, Kansas

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