Ingredients

  • Date Filling
  • 2 cups dried dates, chopped
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • Cookie Dough
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2 cups light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Method

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • To prepare Filling:.
  • Combine dates, water and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until thick. Cool; add nuts.
  • To prepare Cookie Dough:.
  • Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light.
  • Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.
  • Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
  • Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto buttered baking sheet 2" apart. Make a shallow indent in each cookie. Place a scant teaspoon of filling in indent. Cover with 1/2 teaspoon of dough.
  • Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Remove to wire rack to cool.
  • Store between layers of wax paper in tightly covered container.