Date Filled Brown Sugar Cookies
By
Karla Allen
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When our children were teens we lived in RURAL Maine...25 miles from a town of any size. My husband pastored a little country church in a tiny community. This hearty home-made cookie always brings back fond memories of special hard-working people who knew how to cook from scratch and enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote
Serves:
makes 4 dozen cookies
Prep:
35 Min
Cook:
10 Min
Ingredients
- 5 c
- all purpose flour
- 1 tsp
- salt
- 1 tsp
- baking soda
- 1 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1 c
- unsalted butter (no substitutes)
- 2 c
- light brown sugar
- 2
- eggs
- 3 Tbsp
- milk
- 1 tsp
- vanilla
- 2 c
- chopped dates
- 1/2 c
- white sugar
- 3/4 c
- water
FILLING
How to Make Date Filled Brown Sugar Cookies
- 1Preheat oven to 350
- 2PREPARE FILLING
In small saucepan,cook dates, white sugar and water on medium high heat till thickened, stirring often.
Set aside to cool - 3COOKIES
Use stand mixer if possible.
Sift dry ingredients, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon together in bowl and set aside. - 4In mixer bowl cream together butter and brown sugar.
Then, add eggs, vanilla and milk. - 5Gradually blend in dry ingredients.
- 6Form dough into three balls and refrigerate 15 minutes.
- 7On lightly floured surface gently roll one ball of dough 1/4 inch thick. (Repeat this process with the other two balls as needed. Leave them in the fridge until ready for them.)
Cut with 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter. - 8Place half of rounds on non-stick cookie pans.
Spoon 1 teaspoon Date Filling in center of each cookie round. - 9Cut an X in the middle of reserved rounds. These are the tops. Place on top of bottom cookie. Seal the edges with fork tines.
- 10BAKE 10-15 minutes in 350 oven or until edges are light brown.
You may dust with powdered sugar before serving.
