Filled Cookies
Cookie Dough
2 cups light brown sugar
1 cup lard or butter
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon soda
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup lard or butter
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon soda
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Sift flour and dry ingredients 3 times.
Add sour cream alternately with flour.
Chill.
Roll out dough, about 1/8" thick.
Cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter and place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
Put one teaspoon of filling in the center of each cookie.
Cover with another 2" round of dough, sealing gently around edges.
Bake at 375° for 10 - 12 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Sift flour and dry ingredients 3 times.
Add sour cream alternately with flour.
Chill.
Roll out dough, about 1/8" thick.
Cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter and place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
Put one teaspoon of filling in the center of each cookie.
Cover with another 2" round of dough, sealing gently around edges.
Bake at 375° for 10 - 12 minutes.
Filling
2 cups chopped dates
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup chopped pecans
Cook 10 minutes
"A Dickey family cookbook wouldn't be complete without this traditional Christmas recipe. The cookies are not very pretty, but they were Grandpa (R.C.) Dickey's favorite, and the thing he wanted most for Christmas."