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.
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.
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.
ours.
For the cashew date romesco:
Add the olive
ates, water, and sugar Bring date mixture to a boil then
ake your own:
This recipe makes about 1-2/3
Cream the shortening and sugar; add eggs and vanilla.
Add sifted dry ingredients; mix well.
Divide into thirds and make into 3 balls.
Place 1 ball at a time between 2 sheets of waxed paper and roll dough into oblong shape.
Place 1/3 of date filling on rolled dough; spread out to edges.
Roll up dough and date mixture.
Wrap in waxed paper and chill overnight.
Cut into cookies and bake on greased cookie sheet 10 minutes at 350\u00b0.
Cook green pepper and onion in butter until tender but not brown. Blend in flour and salt. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Add cheese; stir until melted. Add shrimp and peas. Pour into greased 2-quart casserole. Top with Pinwheel Biscuits. Bake at 450\u00b0 for 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuits are done and golden brown. Makes 6 servings.
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Spread half of date mixture all over the dough
Combine dates, 1/2 cup sugar, water and nuts.
Cook and stir approximately 5 minutes.
(You may want to add a little more water.)
Let cool.
In a large mixing bowl mix sugars, shortening, eggs, soda, salt and flour to make dough.
Roll dough out on a floured board.
Spread date mixture onto rolled dough.
Then roll into 2 rolls and put in refrigerator to chill.
Cut cookies off to bake.
Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 minutes or until brown.
Combine dates, 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 c water.
Cook until thick.
Set aside to cool.
Mix together shortening, 1 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar and 3 eggs.
In another bowl, mix flour and baking soda.
Add this to sugar, brown sugar and eggs mixture.
Pour in vanilla.
Divide into balls and roll each one out.
Spread the date mixture over rolled out balls.
Roll each one up in a jelly roll.
Slice and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
Mix all but the dates, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water. Divide and chill.
Cook 1 pound dates with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water until boiling.
Set aside until cool.
Roll out dough as for jelly rolls.
Spread date mixture on the dough and roll up. Chill overnight, then slice and bake at 375\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Mix first
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ingredients.
Roll out 1/4-inch thick and spread with
date
filling.
Cook remaining ingredients until thick; set aside
and cool.
Spread on cookie dough, roll like jelly roll and refrigerate overnight.
Slice and bake at 350\u00b0.
In saucepan, bring dates, water, 1/2 cup sugar and nuts to a boil.
Boil for 5 minutes.
Cream shortening and rest of sugars. Add eggs and dry ingredients.
Roll dough 1/4 inch thick and spread with date mixture.
Roll in wax paper and chill overnight. Bake at 400\u00b0.
he sugar.
For the date & orange muffin, substitute 1 cup
our own favorites into the recipe. Black olives, pimentos, etc
ellyroll pan. Spread carefully with date filling. Sprinkle walnuts, then reserved
ixture by tablespoonfuls (including a date in each tablespoonful) and drop
or our own use.
Date Nut Bread using starter:
Assemble blender.
Put water, orange juice and dates in blender container.
Cover and process at blend for 2 to 3 cycles. Cook mixture on low heat until thickened.
Blend chopped nuts. Add to date mixture.
Cool.