My Great-Great Grandmother’s Molasses Cookies with Date Filling

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Memories of childhood, served best with a glass of cold milk

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  • Average
  • 1 mins
  • 12 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 1 C. sugar
  • 1 C. molasses
  • 1 C. melted shortening
  • 1 C. hot coffee or water mixed with 4 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 6 C. flour (varies)
  • 2 t. cream of tartar
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 t. cinnamon
  • 1 t. ginger
  • 1/2 t. ground cloves
  • Date filling:
  • 1 pkg. pitted dates, cut up
  • 1 C. hot water
  • 1 C. sugar plus 1 T. cornstarch, mixed together
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 T. butter

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all cookie ingredients together. Refrigerate dough overnight. (Use flour sparingly. Refrigeration will harden up dough). Roll out dough quite thin and cut with a large round cookie cutter. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes.

Step 2

For date filling:
• 3
Chop up dates. Add water and sugar and cornstarch mixture. Cook until thick. Take off heat. Add vanilla and butter. Mix well. Cool completely before adding date mixture to cooled cookies.

Step 3

Make sandwich cookies.

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