Jim Jams
Categories: CookiesServes: 36 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 c Oatmeal
- 2 c Flour
- 1 c Brown sugar
- 1/2 c Lard
- 1/2 c Butter
- 1/2 ts Soda
- 1/2 c Buttermilk*
- FILLING
- 1 lb Dates
- Water
- 1/2 c Sugar** or use orange juice
Instructions:
*or 1/2 tb lemon juice and fill up to 1/2 cup mark with milk. Mix all
ingredients. Chill well. Roll thin, spread half with date filling. Cover
with other half. Cut into small rectangles and bake on oiled cookie sheet.
Bake at 375F about 10 min. OR cut circles about 3 inches across, put a bit
of filling in the middle and fold over. OR cut small circles and put
filling on one and cover with another. Strawberry jam makes a tasty
filling.
FILLING: Cook 1 pound of dates with small quantity of water and 1/2 cup
sugar. (**Or use orange rind and orange juice and omit sugar.) Chill.
Source: Abigail Breadner Shaw's handwritten cookbook with suggestions from
her granddaughter. Abigail lived just west of Toronto, Ontario from about
1860-1925.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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