Filled Drop Cookies
1-cup shortening
2-cups brown sugar, firmly
packed
2 eggs
1 1/2-teaspoon soda
1/2-cup warm water
1-teaspoon vanilla
1-teaspoon salt
4-cups flour
FILLING:
1-cup dates or raisins,
chopped
1/2-cup sugar
1-cup water
2-Tablespoons flour
1-Tablespoon lemon juice
1/2-cup chopped nuts (opt.)
Cream shortening and sugar;
add eggs and beat well. Dissolve
soda in water;
add to creamed mixture.
Stir in vanilla. Stir salt
and flour into creamed mixture. Drop
dough onto greased cookie
sheet;
make small indention in
each cookie. Fill each cookie with 1
teaspoon of filling and
drop small amount of cookie dough over
filling.
Bake at 400 degrees for
10 minutes.
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