Date Filled Butterscotch Cookies
Decorative Recipe Tin two-card handwritten card
Ingredients
- ¾ C shortening
- 2 C brown sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 t vanilla
- 3½ C flour
- ½ t salt
- 1 t soda
- 1 t cream tartar
- 1 lb. dates pitted & chopped
- ½ C brown sugar
- ½ C water
- ½ C nuts
Directions
- Cream shortening sugar eggs vanilla - add dry ing.
- Form in roll 1 1/2-inch diameter - wrap in waxed paper bef[ore] refrigerate - slice 1/4 inch thick.
- Place on cookie sheet.
- Place 1 t date filling
- fork - bake 350 degrees - 10 min.
- use date filling
- Cook till thick - add ½ C nuts & cool.
Timing: refrigerate the dough roll for an unspecified duration; bake 10 minutes
Temperature: refrigerate dough; cook filling until thick; cool filling; bake at 350 degrees
Equipment: mixing bowl; mixing utensil; waxed paper; refrigerator; knife; cookie sheet; teaspoon; fork; filling saucepan; oven
Notes
- Filling is a section label introducing the date mixture
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