Date Filled Sour Milk Cookies


Course : Cookies
Serves: 1
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Ingredients:


2 cups sugar

1 cup lard*

2 large eggs

4 cups flour

1 cup sour milk

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

------Raisin Filling-----

1/2 cup seedless raisins -- ground

1 dozen english walnuts or pecans -- ground

1 medium juice of half a lemon

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

2 teaspoons flour
 

Preparation / Directions:


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.


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