Pinwheel Cookies or Christmas Filled Cookies
Pinwheel Cookies or Christmas Filled Cookies
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- Wax paper
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 4 cups flour
Filling
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup chopped figs
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- Cream the sugar and butter. Add all other dough ingredients.
- For the filling, cook the sugar, water, dates, figs and raisins until thick, then add the nuts.
- Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface, in the shape of a rectangle.
- Spread the filling. Roll like a jelly roll; wrap in wax paper.
- Chill until firm.
- Slice into 1/8 inch slices and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE.
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