This reminds me. Is Date Nut Bread in the round cans still available? Haven't thought about it for a long time, but sure would like to have some. Sue x Sue I just ordered some from Vermont Country store this is from my order confirmation DATE NUT BREAD,SET/2 $13.90 I ordered 4 cans hope this helps

Date Filled Cookies 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 1/2 cup packed brown sugar. 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cups rolled oats 1/2 teaspoon salt Preheat oven to 350° F. In a small saucepan over low heat, mix dates, sugar and 1/2 cup of water. Stir occasionally for 15 mins. or until thick ans snooth. Cream together butter and brown sugar. Mix together flour, baking soda, and salt, Add flour to butter mixture and mix well. Add the oatmeal and mix well. Add 2 to 4 tablespoona of water. Form kough into a ball and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Roll dough to 1/8" thikness and cut into 2" rounds. Place 1/2 of the rounds on cookie sheets. Spoon date mixture in the center of each round and top with another round. Press edges firmly together. Bake 15 min. or until browned Servings: 30 I'm not real sure if I'll like the rolled oats... I have another one that is for filled raisin cookies that might work better. It is ... Stuffed Raisin Cookies Raisin stuffing.. 1 1/2 cup raisins 1 1/2 cup sugar Boil 10 mins Thicken with 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water. Let come to a boil remove from heat and let cool before using. Cookie dough... 2 1/4 cup all peupose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1/2 teasoon vanilla 2 Tablespoons milk Sift flour 3 times..(lol this is a real old recipe I don't sift.)with baking powder and salt. Cream butter, blend in sugar gradually. Add egg and beat until smooth and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Add dry ingredients and milk Chill for at least 1 hour. Rollout onto lightly floured board to about 1/8 in thick. Cut out circles (about 2 to 2 1/2") Place cutout on lightly greased baking sheet. Fill with raisin filling and top with another cut out circle. pinch edges together Bake at 350° 6 to 8 mins You could use this cookie dough and put the dates into them. patti

I offer you the best date cookies ever -- totally addictive!! At first bite, they may not seem impressive, but oh! my. As I find them absolutely irresistible, I try not to make them in the first place, lol. A Christmas tradition at my house. FABULOUS DATE NUGGETS SIFT together: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda pinch of salt CREAM: 2 sticks unsalted butter 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon ADD: 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla ADD: flour mixture in two batches STIR IN: 1/2 cup finely chopped dates 1/2 cup lightly toasted pecans, finely chopped CHILL 2 hours or overnight OVEN: 350* Line cookie sheet with parchment Roll level teaspoons of dough into balls and place 2" apart BAKE: 10-12 minutes til set and lightly golden edges COOL for 5 minutes then sift over Confectioner's sugar to coat. Let cool completely. Store in layers with waxed paper in airtight container. ************************************************************ A dear friend brought these for the library book and bake sale several decades ago. I bought her out after tasting one -- and did so every year after. Unfortunately she moved away, so I am now forced to bake them myself. Worth it!! =)

PM, that's how Dad liked me to make the cookies, there was more filling that way. It was more time consuming, though, and it makes a bigger cookie. Not a bad thing, really. :-) I think these would be really good with raspberry or strawberry jam, or maybe apple butter. And yes, the calves follow me around, and so do the big cows, everywhere I go on the farm there are animals following me. I always tell people I don't have to chase animals if they escape from their pens, they chase me, much for efficient. (grin) I hope you make it to that celebration, there always seems to be so much to do... Madonna, good luck on that EMT training, for some reason I'm not surprised you want to go on to the next step because it's clear you really enjoy what you're doing and I think you'd be really good at that. Tell me you don't have to carry someone up or down a ladder for that Firefighter 101 thing.... Annie