Oatmeal Cookies with Date Filling


Oatmeal Cookies with Date Filling

Civil League Cookbook (1913)

Oatmeal Cookie
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups raw rolled oats
2 cups flour
Little salt
Vanilla or lemon extract

Date filling
1 lb stoned dates
1 cup water
1 cup sugar

Oatmeal Cookies
Cream sugar and butter together. Add 2 eggs, beaten. Add sour milk with baking soda dissolved in it. Add rest of ingredients and mix. Roll and cut out small cookies. 

Date Filling 
(would suggest doing this first so has time to cook a little)
Boil stoned dates with water and sugar to thick paste. Spread on each cookie. Cover with another cookie. Press edges together firmly. 

Bake in moderate oven.


Oatmeal Cookies
Cream sugar and butter together.
 Add 2 eggs, beaten. 
Add sour milk with baking soda dissolved in it. 
Add rest of ingredients and mix. Roll and cut out small cookies. 
Date Filling 
(would suggest doing this first so has time to cook a little)
Boil stoned dates with water and sugar to thick paste. 
Spread on each cookie. 
Cover with another cookie. 
Press edges together firmly. 
Bake in moderate oven.






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