Recipe - Filled Molasses Cookies

COOKIES
Three fourths cup Brown Sugar
Three fourths cup Shortening
One half cup Molasses
1/3 cup Hot Water
2 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Salt
4 cup Pastry Flour

FILLING
One half cup Water
1 cup Sugar
1 pack Dates
1 teaspoon Lemon Extract

Cookies: Cream sugar and shortening, add molasses and vanilla. Dissolve
soda in hot water and add alternately with flour and salt. Roll thin. Cut
with cookie cutter and spread filling on one cookie and put another cookie
on top and press edges together. Bake in a moderate oven (350 375).
Filling: Cook until thick and cool. Note: Can be Frozen.

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