Name: Date Filled Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients: 2 c Sugar; 2 c Water; 2 c Ground dates; 2 tb Butter; 6 c Brown sugar; 8 Eggs; beaten; 4 ts Vanilla; 8 c Sifted flour; (sifted----yikes); 4 ts Baking powder; 4 ts Salt; (wow, that's a lot); 2 ts Soda; 10 c Quick oats

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Sugar
2	c	Water
2	c	Ground dates
2	tb	Butter
6	c	Brown sugar
8		Eggs; beaten
4	ts	Vanilla
8	c	Sifted flour; (sifted—-yikes)
4	ts	Baking powder
4	ts	Salt; (wow, that's a lot)
2	ts	Soda
10	c	Quick oats

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook first 3 ingredients for 15 minutes. After cooking, stir in 2 TBl flour
and cool. Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add
dry ingredients. Mix well. Chill at least one hour. Roll out on floured
surface. Put filling on one cookie and top with another and seal the edges.
Bake at 375 degrees. Cut a small hole in the top so cookie won't explode.
I haven't tried this, I'd be the only that would eat it---I just love
dates. Amish Country Cookbook
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest by Suzy-Q Lewis <lewises@flatoday.infi.net>
on Apr 13, 1998

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