Pillows or Date-nut Cookies (Aunt Ruth)
cream
½ cup shorting
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
Add
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat until fluffy.
Mix
3 ½ cup flour (lil by lil with milk)
1 teaspoon soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
Fresh nutmeg at least 1 teaspoon
1. this is good- I chill the dough
2. must use more flour when you mix and more flour on your hands when rolling them out.
3. I use drinking glass or biscuit cutter to cut them out.
Date-nut filling
8 oz. box of pitted dates (chopped)
½ cup sugar
2 Tablespoon flour
¾ cup water
In sauce pan
¾ cup chopped walnut. (not ground)
1. add a good Tablespoon dates each cookie.
Bake 375° f just until (light golden brown)