Maple Date Cookies

This week, I tried a Pillsbury recipe for Maple Date Cookies. They were pretty good and the staff in the ED polished off a triple batch. As I was wondering how to make them better, I realized that, if I wanted a maple date cookie, I would take the recipe I previously posted for Maple Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies and substitute dates for the cranberries. They would then have the wonderful texture of the older recipe but the sweet chewiness of dates.