Grandma's Date Filled Cookies
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
24 cookies
ingredients
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DATE FILLING
- 354.88 ml dates, cut up fine (You may use a combination of figs, raisins and dates -l/2 cup each- if you prefer)
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 14.79 ml flour
- 118.29 ml water
- 9.85 ml lemon juice
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COOKIE DOUGH
- 118.29 ml shortening
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 2 eggs
- 29.58 ml heavy cream or 29.58 ml canned milk
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 591.47 ml flour
- 1.23 ml baking soda
- 2.46 ml salt
directions
- Mix in a sauce pan the dates, sugar and TBSP of flour, water, and lemon juice. Cook this for about 5 minutes on a medium heat, until all are blended well.
- Mix together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
- Stir in the 2 Tbsps. thick cream and l teaspoons vanilla.
- Sift together the 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Add to shortening mix to form dough.
- Chill dough for at least 1 to 2 hours.
- Roll out dough in thin layers in small batches and cut with round cookie cutter.
- Put mixture (about a tbsp.) in the center between 2 thin cookies pressed together.
- Bake at 350 degrees on lightly greased sheet pan for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
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