Description[]
Dates, figs, prunes, apricots, or any marmalade may be used instead of raisins.
Ingredients[]
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 3½ cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Filling[]
Directions[]
- First mix ingredients in order given, sifting the flour with the baking powder and salt before adding it.
- Roll thin, cut, and put in greased pans.
- Place a teaspoon of filling on each, not allowing it to spread to the edge, place another cookie on top, press down the edges
- Bake in shallow pans in a moderate oven (380 – 390°F.).
Filling[]
- Mix [ sugar]] and flour together.
- Add to the other ingredients.
- Cook until thick, stirring constantly.