A date cookie are made with chopped dates. Packaged dates are often used for this purpose. The flavor of dates adds a distinct and unique flavor to these cookies and also makes them a little chewy. Date cookies uses flour, sugar, eggs, butter, salt and baking powder. Date cookies can use oatmeal too. Some variations of the date cookie recipe uses the date as a filling between two pieces of cookie. Date cookie goes down well with a glass of warm milk