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date cookies (filled jumbo drops)

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Recipe by
Susan Magness
@imbossmare
Cleburne, TX

One of my Grandma's favorite things to bake with was dates, he's another one of her many Date recipes

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Ingredients For date cookies (filled jumbo drops)

  • 1 c
    shortening
  • 2 c
    brown sugar
  • 3
    eggs
  • 1/2 c
    water
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 3 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    soda
  • 1/8 tsp
    cinnamon
  • date filling:
  • 2 c
    dates cut up
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 3/4 c
    water

How To Make date cookies (filled jumbo drops)

  • 1
    DATE FILLING: add dates, sugar, and water. Cook until thick may add nuts when cool. Cool mixture.
  • 2
    Mix shortening, brown sugar, eggs. Stir in water and vanilla. Sift together and stir in flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Drop with teaspoonful onto ungreased baking sheets. Place 1/2 tsp. filling on dough cover with 1/2 tsp. dough. Bake 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
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