Filled Oatmeal Cookies

By shawnanewton

From Ruth Lense via Mrs. Carl Neumeister

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 1 c. brown sugar
• 2 c. Quaker Oatmeal
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c. shortening
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1 1/2 c. flour (after being sifted once)
• 1 c. walnuts
• 1/2 lb. dates chopped fine or ground
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. water
• Juice of 1/2 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Cream sugar and shortening. Add well beaten eggs, oatmeal and flour to shich soda has been added. Add nuts last. Chill in refrigerator overnight. Roll think, using a small glass to cut out cookies. Bake for about 10 mins. in 375 oven. When baked and cooled, put two together with the filling. Roll in powdered sugar before serving.