Date Filled Sour Milk Cookies
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Cookies
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2      cups          sugar
   1      cup           lard*
   2                    eggs
   4      cups          flour
   1      cup           sour milk
   1      teaspoon      baking soda
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
                        vanilla
                        ------Raisin Filling-----
     1/2  cup           seedless raisins -- ground
   1      dozen         english walnuts or pecans -- ground
                        juice of half a lemon
     1/2  cup           sugar
     1/2  cup           water
   2      teaspoons     flour
 

Preparation:

For cookies: Cream together lard and sugar. Add eggs, sour milk and vanilla. Mix together dry ingredient. Add to creamed mixture. Makes a thick, sticky dough. Roll out (I use powdered sugar instead of flour to roll them out) and cut out round shaped cookies. For Filling: Stir sugar and flour together. Add water and cook til thickened. Stir in lemon juice, ground nuts and ground raisins. Cool. Put small amount of filling in center of a cookie. Top with another cookie and seal edges. Cook at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes.