Ingredients
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup shortening (one half butter or margarine)
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons boiling water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Use standard cookie-dough mixing method.
Date Filling:
1 cup dates
1 cup water
½ cup sugar
Directions
Boil date mixture until thick. Cool.
Drop dough by teaspoonful on greased cookie sheet. Put one-half teaspoonful date mixture on top of this. Bottom dough may be flattened a little bit before placing dates on top. But cookies do flatten out when baking. Bake in 350 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
Yield: about 5 dozen cookies