Date "Turnover" Cookies

"I looked through the date recipes; I couldn't believe there were no date turnovers. This is a classic, classic cookie - I adapted this recipe from The Canadian Farm Cookbook, of 1911. A big, not-too-rich cookie - I could eat'em for breakfast."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
24 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook the dates and water together, stirring frequently, until soft and amalgamated.
  • Let cool.
  • Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  • Butter a large cookie sheet.
  • Stir together the dry ingredients.
  • Beat together the cooled melted butter and eggs, then beat in the buttermilk.
  • Mix the beaten butter and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, adding a little more buttermilk if needed to make a soft dough.
  • Drop half the dough by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet.
  • Space them well apart.
  • Divide the filling evenly over the cookie bases.
  • Spoon the remainder of the dough over the cookies.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.

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