Dough:1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 t. vanilla
1/2 c. sour cream (used fat-free)
4 1/2 c. flour, plus additional for rolling
2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
Filling:
16 oz. dates, chopped
1 1/2 c. water (or more if needed)
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. walnuts, chopped, optional (I don't use)
To make dough, beat butter until soft. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat together until well creamed. Add sour cream, and mix well. In a separate bowl, stir together 4 1/2 c. flour, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Mix well. Chill dough overnight (necessary!).
For filling, boil dates, sugar, and water until thick. Stir in nuts. Let filling cool.
Heat oven to 375. Roll chilled dough onto a floured counter to 1/8-inch thickness. Using a round cookie cutter, cut out circles. Place a heaping teaspoon of date filling onto each circle. Fold in half, lightly pressing edges together. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Notes: The size of your cookie cutter will dictate how many cookies you get out of this. The first time I made these, I used a 2 1/2-inch cutter and got around 90. The second time I made them, the cutter was about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and only got 50. Obviously the smaller the cutter, the longer this process will take since you'll have more cookies. But they're really good; all my Beehives love them!
2 comments:
Thank you so much for the recipe. It is a blast from the past. They taste as good as the ones made by my uncle, a bakery owner, who is no longer in this world or I would have begged him for his secret.
I tried many different fillings and fold-over shapes and can't wait to share them with my family. I used full fat sour cream and decreased the sugar a bit. I think that the sour cream is the secret.
They melt in your mouth and can be crispier if baked a minute or two more.
Thank you for this recipe. I've been searching high and low for a date filled cookie that tastes like I remember from my childhood and this is it! I've been coming back, year over year, to this exact post and each Christmas these are picked as the "favorite" from my entire cookie plate.
I like to put a little orange juice in my dates when I make the filling - brings such a nice twist!
Happy Baking!
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