Old-fashioned filled cookies
36 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Phillip Bower- FHMN87A | ||
| 3½ | cup | Unbleached flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅔ | cup | Butter -- softened |
| ¾ | cup | Brown sugar |
| ¾ | cup | Granulated sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ⅓ | cup | Milk |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1½ | cup | Raisins (may need 1 3/4 c) |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
| 1 | dash | Salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Cornstarch |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
| ½ | cup | Chopped nuts |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Flour |
| 1 | pinch | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | cup | Chopped dates |
| 2 | teaspoons | Grated orange peel |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1 | cup | Chopped nuts |
Directions
RAISIN FILLING
DATE FILLING
Prepare the cookie dough first. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars thoroughly. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla; beat at high speed for 2 min. Lower the speed and add the flour mixture g Refrigerate for at least 3 hours. To prepare the raisin filling, grind the rasins. You should have 1 cup of ground raisins. In a medium saucepan combine raisins,brown sugar, water,
5:28 PM lemon juice. Bring to a b Combine the 2T of water and cornstarch, use to thicken the raisin mixture. when cool stir in the nuts. To make the date filling combine the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes breaking the dates with a spoon. Remove from heat, cool then add the nuts. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until thin (⅛ in).Cut into 2¾ in Bake at 350 F. for exactly 8 minutes. The cookies will be pale yellow. Allow cookies to remain on cookie sheet until almost cool. From Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams.
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