Prune Filled Cookies

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An old fashioned favorite from my childhood.

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 1 C sugar
  • 1/2 C shortening
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 C milk
  • 4 C flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Filling
  • 3/4 C sugar
  • 1 C cooked prunes
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1/2 C water

Preparation

Step 1

Cook filling ingredients until thick, stirring constantly. Cool.

Mix flour with baking powder and salt. Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla, then dry ingredients. Roll thin and cut into 2 or 3 inch rounds. Place rounds on greased cookie sheet. Place 1 tsp cooled filling in center of rounds. Place another cookie round on top of filling. Press edges of cookie to seal in filling. Bake in 350 degree oven until golden brown.