Filled Drop Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup soft shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3½ cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon soda
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups ground dates
• 2 cups ground nuts
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water

Directions

1. Cook until thick, stirring constantly.
2. Drop dough from teaspoon. Make a depression in each cookie with bowl of spoon dipped in water
3. Place a little of the filling in each one, then top with a bit more dough.
4. Bake at 350

Temperature

• 350

Equipment

• spoon

Arwilda’s edits

Arwilda’s note: The original wording is obscured; the final visible text is “Bake at 350”. Handwritten baking instruction added below typed recipe.