Date Filled Sour Milk Cookies

2 cups sugar

1 cup lard*

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 cup sour milk

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

vanilla ------Raisin Filling----- 1/2 cup seedless raisins -- ground

1 dozen english walnuts or pecans -- ground

juice of half a lemon 1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

2 teaspoons flour

For cookies: Cream together lard and sugar. Add eggs, sour milk and vanilla. Mix together dry ingredient. Add to creamed mixture. Makes a thick, sticky dough. Roll out (I use powdered sugar instead of flour to roll them out) and cut out round shaped cookies.

For Filling: Stir sugar and flour together. Add water and cook til thickened. Stir in lemon juice, ground nuts and ground raisins. Cool.

Put small amount of filling in center of a cookie. Top with another cookie and seal edges. Cook at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes.