Old Fashioned Date Filled Cookies
Ingredients
- Cookies:
- - 2 cups granulated sugar
- - 1 cup shortening
- - 2 large eggs
- - 2 tsp vanilla extract
- - 1 cup milk
- - 6 tsp baking powder
- - 1 tsp kosher salt
- - 6 cups all-purpose flour
- Filling:
- - 8 oz pitted dates chopped
- - 1/3 cup sugar
- - 1 tbsp flour
- - 1 cup water
Instructions
- Make filling: cook chopped dates, sugar, flour, and water until thick. Cool.
- Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and vanilla.
- Alternate flour mixture and milk into creamed mixture.
- Chill dough. Roll and cut rounds.
- Fill with cooled date filling and top with another round.
- Seal edges. Bake at 350°F for 12–20 minutes.
Notes
- Seal edges well to avoid leaks.
- Store airtight up to 5 days.
- Freeze up to 2 months.
- Store airtight up to 5 days.
- Freeze up to 2 months.