Combine shortening, salt and vanilla.
Blend.
Add sugar and cream well.
Add beaten egg and mix thoroughly.
Sift flour and baking powder.
Add to the first, alternately with milk, blending well.
Chill dough.
Roll dough 1/8-inch thick on floured board. Cut into 3-inch cookie.
Place one cookie on ungreased cookie sheet.
Add 1 teaspoon of Date Filling (recipe to follow).
Cover with another cookie.
Press together with a fork.
Prick top of each cookie with a fork.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for about 15 minutes.
Prepare Date Filling; cool.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Grease square pan, 9 x 9 x 2-inch.
Mix brown sugar, margarine and shortening. Mix in baking mix and oats.
Press half of the crumbly mixture in pan; spread with filling.
Top with remaining crumbly mixture; press gently into filling.
Bake until light brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Cut into bars, about 2 x 1 1/2-inch.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Mix thoroughly shortening, brown sugar and eggs.
Stir in water and vanilla.
Sift together and stir in flour, salt, soda and cinnamon.
Drop with teaspoon on ungreased baking sheet.
Place 1/2 teaspoon Date Filling on dough; cover with another 1/2 teaspoon of dough.
Bake until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
Makes 5 to 6 dozen.
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Date Filling.
Combine all ingredients in
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o make the apple and date filling, combine sugar, apple, dates and
ill with Date Filling, to form a sandwich.
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For the date filling, combine dates, water, and vanilla
Date Filling: Mix 3 cups chopped dates (
/4 cup of the date filling evenly into each hollow.
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Meanwhile make the filling - Chop the dates and then
days. Meanwhile, prepare date filling.
DATE FILLING: In a small pan, combine
up with a spoonful of date filling.
Bake for 20-25
nd flatten in pan.
Date filling:.
Place dates, sugar and
Make the date filling by heating the ingredients in
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Blend date filling and water.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Add dry ingredients alternately with date mixture to butter mixture.
Beat 1 minute.
Add nuts.
Pour into 2 prepared 9-inch pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 40 to 45 minutes.
For the date filling: Combine the dates, water, sugar,
aking dish.
For the date filling; in a saucepan combine chopped