Carmel Date Filled Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 eggs - separated
• k cups flour
• 1 tap. soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tep. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Mix shortening, salt and sugar until creamy.

2. 2

   Add eggs and vanilla.

3. 3

   Add flour and soda.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Our favorite recipes (Stake Relief Society, 1954) (1954) by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. New York New York Stake. Relief Society, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tsp. soda lc. granulated sugar 1 tsp. salt 2 eggs 3 cups quick oats 1 tsp. vanilla Nuts, raisins, chocolate chips Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs; then add flour, soda, salt; add oats, mix well, add nuts, raisins, chocolate chips last. Form into long rolls--chill in refrigerator well. Slice +" thick and bake on “ungreased cookie sheet for 12 minutes i: 350° oven. You can bake them without letting them chill in the refrigerator. OATMEAL COOKIE MIX 3c. sifted flour 2 tsp. salt es c. sugar 1 c. shortening 1 tsp. soda 3 c. rolled oats 1 tsp. baking powder Sift dry ingredients; cut in shortening until mixture resembles corn meal. Add rolled oats and mix well. Store in covered container at room temperature. Yield: 8 doz. cookies. Joyce G. Barney TWO-DOZEN BATCH 2c. oatmeal cookie mix 1 tbs. milk l egg 1 tep. vanilla Add egg, milk and vanilla to mix. BEAT until well | blended. Drop from a teaspoon into greased baking sheet. Bake 375°, moderate oven, 12 to 15 minutes. VARIETIES: Add any of the following 1. 2 tablespoons cocoa or melted chocolate. 2. one-half cup nuts, or raisins or coconut or chocolate chips. 3. 1 tsp. cinnamon and one-forth tsp. nutmeg. 4. 3 cup dried fruit or fruit cake fruit mix. Joyce G. Barney 9] GINGERBREAD MEN 1 tsp. salt 1 cup shortening + tsp. nutmeg li cups sugar 3 tsp. cloves 1 egg, well beaten 3 tep. cinnamon 1 cup molasses (light or dark) 1 tap. ginger 1/3 cup hot water 5 cups sifted flour 1-1/8 tsp. baking soda Sift together salt, spices and 1 cup of flour. Cream the shortening, add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg, then slightly warmed molasses. Dissolve soda in hot water and stir into the mixture. Don't beat, stir - to avoid bubbles. Stir in sifted flour and spice mixture gradually. Add remaining flour, a cupful at a time, just until dough is soft and moist to the touch of the finger, but never sticky. About 5 cups of flour usually works perfectly, but it my vary slightly depending on the flour. Chill the dough in the refrigerator about 8 hours or over night. Roll out a smll amount at one time on a lightly floured board. Roll dough to 1/8" thickness for crisp cookies, about 1/4" thick for softer cookies. Bake in moderately hot oven, 400° F. for about 12 minutes, exact time depending upon thickness of cookies. Rachel Millgate CARMEL DATE FILLED COOKIES 1 cup shortening k cups flour 2 cups brown sugar l tap. soda 3 eggs - separated i tsp. salt 2 tep. vanilla

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