grandpa cookies (date perishky)
NOTES : Grandpa Bergman (Jacob) made this for Christmas. He would start in October making the cookies and filling 4L ice-cream pails with them, usually about 4 or 5 pails. Although they can be eaten right away, like Christmas/Fruit cake, the flavour takes time to fully mature and "pop", which is why Grandpa started making these in October and wouldn`t let anyone eat them before Christmas.
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I used raspberry gelatin in this recipe and the flavor was delicious. I loved the date filling. I can see why Grandpa started making them in October. Not sure how that would work for me... I might have them all eaten by Christmas. I kept going back to sneak a cookie and the flavors were better every time!
prep time
3 Hr
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
115 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups honey
- 1/2 package gelatine powder - your choice of flavour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine
- 7 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups dates - chopped
- 2 cups apples - chopped
- 1 cup water
How To Make grandpa cookies (date perishky)
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Step 1Boil honey and sugar together. Stir in gelatine powder. I like orange flavour. Grandpa used to use orange or raspberry.
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Step 2In a large bowl, add the honey mixture to the remaining ingredients.
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Step 3Mix well, should form soft dough. Cover and let rest for 1 hour or overnight.
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Step 4Roll out thin and cut with a 2" circular cookie cutter.
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Step 5Put 1 teaspoon filling mix* in middle of circle. Moisten edges and fold over as if making a perogy and seal firmly.
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Step 6Put on cookie sheets.
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Step 7Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes or until done. Let cool and ice top with white icing.
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Step 8To Prepare Date Filling:
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Step 9In a saucepan, combine dates, apples and water. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Cool completely.
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