Pin roll Cookies

Mom with her parents 1928-1929

Both my mother and grandmother made this cookie.

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Filling:

2 ½ c. chopped dates

1 c. sugar

1 c. water

1 c. chopped nuts

Dough:

1 c. shortening

2 c. brown sugar

3 eggs

1 c. sugar

½ t. salt

3 ½ c. flour

½ t. baking soda

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Filling: Combine dates, sugar and water and cook until it is thick; add nuts.

Dough: Mix dough ingredients together. Roll out the dough.

Spread the date mixture on top of the dough and roll the dough the long way.

Freeze for 1 hour then slice into cookies and bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.