Pineapple Filled Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

FILLING
6 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 (21 ounce) cans crushed pineapple, drained
Dough
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
5 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 tablespoon vanilla

Preparation

Mix together in saucepan above ingredients until thick.
Cook First until thick, let cool while making dough.
Mix all ingredients together into a dough. Roll out dough very thin onto a floured surface. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter.
Place one teaspoon of filling onto cut out cookie, place another cookie on top of filling and press ends together gently.
Bake in preheated 375\u00b0F oven 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges.
Depending on the size of the cookie cutter, this can make approximately 125 cookies. They can be refrigerated and are good cold as well as room temperature.