Date-Filled Drop Cookies

Title: Date-Filled Drop Cookies

Categories: Cookies

Yield: 60 servings

Date filling:

2 c Dates; finely chopped

3/4 c Sugar

3/4 c Water

1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts

Cookies:

1 c Shortening

2 c Brown sugar; firmly packed

2 Eggs

1/2 c Buttermilk

1 ts Vanilla

3 1/2 c Sifted flour

1 ts Salt

1 ts Baking soda

1/4 ts Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown

sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla; blend thoroughly. Sift flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon

tgether. Add to creamed mixture; beat well. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto

2 between drops. Place

1/2 teaspoon of

1/2 teaspoon of dough. Bake

to 12 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned and test done. Remove

to cooling racks.

5 to 6 dozen. --