Date Nut Filled Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Date Filling
2 cups dried dates, chopped
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Cookie Dough
3/4 cup butter
2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
To prepare Filling:.
Combine dates, water and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until thick. Cool; add nuts.
To prepare Cookie Dough:.
Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light.
Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.
Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto buttered baking sheet 2\" apart. Make a shallow indent in each cookie. Place a scant teaspoon of filling in indent. Cover with 1/2 teaspoon of dough.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
Store between layers of wax paper in tightly covered container.