-Phillip Bower- FHMN87A
  3 1/2 c  Unbleached flour

      2 ts Baking powder

      1 ts Salt

    2/3 c  Butter, softened

    3/4 c  Brown sugar

    3/4 c  Granulated sugar

      2    Eggs

    1/3 c  Milk

-------------------------------RAISIN FILLING-------------------------------
      1 c  Brown sugar

  1 1/2 c  Raisins (may need 1 3/4 c)

      1 c  Water

      1 ts Lemon juice

      1 ds Salt

      1 tb Cornstarch

  1 1/4 ts Cornstarch

      2 tb Water

    1/2 c  Chopped nuts

--------------------------------DATE FILLING--------------------------------
      1 c  Brown sugar

      2 tb Flour

      1 pn Salt

      1 c  Water

      1 c  Chopped dates

      2 ts Grated orange peel

    1/2 ts Nutmeg

      1 c  Chopped nuts

  Prepare the cookie dough first. Sift the flour, baking powder, and
  salt together; set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars
  thoroughly. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla; beat at high speed for 2
  min. Lower the speed and add the flour mixture gradually. Refrigerate
  for at least 3 hours. To prepare the raisin filling, grind the
  rasins. You should have 1 cup of ground raisins. In a medium saucepan
  combine raisins,brown sugar, water, salt and lemon juice. Bring to a
  boil and simmer for 3 min. Combine the 2T of water and cornstarch,
  use to thicken the raisin mixture. when cool stir in the nuts. To
  make the date filling combine the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to
  a boil and cook for 3 minutes breaking the dates with a spoon. Remove
  from heat, cool then add the nuts. Roll out the dough on a floured
  surface until thin (1/8 in).Cut into 2 3/4 inch rounds with a cookie
  cutter. Place the rounds on a oiled cookie sheet. Place a heaping ts
  of filling mixture on the cookie round, top with another round, crimp
  the edges closed. Bake at 350 F. for exactly 8 minutes. The cookies
  will be pale yellow. Allow cookies to remain on cookie sheet until
  almost cool. From Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams.
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