Categories: Cookies, Desserts 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
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    3/4 c  Brown Sugar 
    3/4 c  Shortening 
    1/2 c  Molasses 
    1/3 c  Hot Water 
      2 t  Baking Soda 
      2 t  Vanilla 
      1 t  Salt 
      4 c  Pastry Flour 
 
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    1/2 c  Water 
      1 c  Sugar 
      1 pk Dates 
      1 t  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.