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     Title: FILLED MOLASSES COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Desserts
     Yield: 1 servings

--------------------------COOKIES--------------------------
   3/4 c  Brown Sugar
   3/4 c  Shortening
   1/2 c  Molasses
   1/3 c  Hot Water
     2 ts Baking Soda
     2 ts Vanilla
     1 ts Salt
     4 c  Pastry Flour

--------------------------FILLING--------------------------
   1/2 c  Water
     1 c  Sugar
     1 pk Dates
     1 ts 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 to-gether. Bake in a moderate oven
 (350 - 375). Filling:
 Cook until thick and cool.
 Note: Can be Frozen.

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