Date-filled Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 teaspoons flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• chopped nuts, to taste

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and 1 cup sugar; add eggs and beat well.
• 2 add milk.
• 3 sift together baking powder, 2 cups flour, and salt; add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
• 4 refrigerate.
• 5 while dough is chilling, make filling by cooking dates, water, 3 tsp flour, and 1/2 cup sugar until thick; add chopped nuts.
• 6 roll out dough; cut in rounds.
• 7 mound filling in center, place another round on top and seal edges.
• 8 bake at 375°f on greased cookie sheets until lightly browned.