Date Nut Filled Cookies Food

MAAMOUL (DATE FILLED COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.

GRANDMA'S DATE FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix in a sauce pan the dates, sugar and TBSP of flour, water, and lemon juice. Cook this for about 5 minutes on a medium heat, until all are blended well.
• Mix together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• Stir in the 2 Tbsps. thick cream and l teaspoons vanilla.
• Sift together the 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Add to shortening mix to form dough.
• Chill dough for at least 1 to 2 hours.
• Roll out dough in thin layers in small batches and cut with round cookie cutter.
• Put mixture (about a tbsp.) in the center between 2 thin cookies pressed together.
• Bake at 350 degrees on lightly greased sheet pan for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.

DATE-FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and 1 cup sugar; add eggs and beat well.
• Add milk.
• Sift together baking powder, 2 cups flour, and salt; add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
• Refrigerate.
• While dough is chilling, make filling by cooking dates, water, 3 tsp flour, and 1/2 cup sugar until thick; add chopped nuts.
• Roll out dough; cut in rounds.
• Mound filling in center, place another round on top and seal edges.
• Bake at 375°F on greased cookie sheets until lightly browned.

DATE NUT FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• To prepare Filling:.
• Combine dates, water and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until thick. Cool; add nuts.
• To prepare Cookie Dough:.
• Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light.
• Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.
• Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto buttered baking sheet 2" apart. Make a shallow indent in each cookie. Place a scant teaspoon of filling in indent. Cover with 1/2 teaspoon of dough.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Remove to wire rack to cool.
• Store between layers of wax paper in tightly covered container.

DATE NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sweetened condensed milk and dates in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until very thick. Stir in nuts.
• Spoon about 1tsp. of filling onto a cracker. Top with another cracker to make a sandwich. Repeat.
• Combine softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl with a mixer, beating until smooth. Add enough milk to make of spreading consistency.
• Spread frosting on top of each cookie.
• Store in an airtight container, or freeze. They are delicious frozen!

DATE AND WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line one or more baking sheets with parchment. Place flour in a bowl and whisk in the salt, cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
• Cream butter and brown sugar together by hand or in an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. The mixture will not be smooth. Dissolve the baking soda in 1 tablespoon hot water and stir it in. Stir in the dates and nuts. The batter will be heavy and not easy to mix. Work in the flour mixture, about a third at a time. If your electric mixer has a dough hook, use it for working in the flour.
• Scoop heaping teaspoons of batter onto prepared baking sheet or sheets, making craggy mounds about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Space them about 1 1/2 inches apart; the cookies will not spread very much. (Alternatively, for neater cookies, you can roll the batter into balls between your palms, then lightly press them down with the back of a spoon or the tines of a fork.) Allow to sit at room temperature 30 minutes to 1 hour before baking. Depending on the size of your oven and your baking sheets, you can form the cookies ready to bake on sheets of parchment paper on your countertop, then transfer them to baking sheets in shifts.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until nicely browned. Let cool, then dust with sifted confectioners' sugar. If you plan to freeze some of the cookies, do not dust them with confectioners' sugar; wait until after they thaw.

DATE DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In large bowl, combine first 4 ingredients; beat well.
• (Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.) Add flour and soda; mix well.
• Stir in dates and nuts.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown.

DATE FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small saucepan over low heat, mix dates, sugar and 1/2 cup of water. Bring to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes, or until thick and smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Cream butter and brown sugar together until smooth. Gradually mix in flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the oatmeal and mix well. Stir in 2 to 4 tablespoons of water. Form the dough into a ball and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness and cut into 2 inch rounds. Place 1/2 of the rounds on cookie sheets. Spoon date mixture in the center of each round and top with another round. Press edges firmly together.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until browned.