Mary's Date Filled Cookies

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped dates
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup nuts
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 mix all filling ingredients (except nuts) together over medium heat. add nuts -- stirring constantly.
• 2 once sugars are disolved and mixed with other ingredients, take off heat and let cool.
• 3 mix shortening, sugar and eggs thoroughly. stir in buttermilk. sift in flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 4 let chill at least 1 hour.
• 5 roll dough in ball and make a thumb print in center of the cookie. add approx 1 tsp date filling in the hole, then cover top of filling with a small piece of dough patted down lightly.
• 6 bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.