| From the book: Christmas In Dairyland
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| | edges together and to poke holes in the
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| (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm)When
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| | top. Bake for 15 minutes, or until light
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| I was a kid growing up on our dairy farm
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| | brown.This recipe makes about six dozen
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| in Wisconsin 40 years ago, cookies with a
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| | filled cookies.The recipe can also be
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| date filling were my dad's favorite kind.
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| | used to make cut-out Christmas cookies
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| Here is the recipe.3/4 cup butter or
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| | frosted with colored icing.************~
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| margarine (softened)3/4 cup shortening2
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| | Plum Conserve ~If plum conserve is made
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| cups sugar3 eggs2 teaspoons vanilla5 cups
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| | specifically for filling cookies, store
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| flour1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon
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| | any that remains in the refrigerator and
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| saltseveral tablespoons of milk if the
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| | use on toast or biscuits. The conserve
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| dough seems too dryJam: blackberry, black
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| | can also be sealed in pint jars. (This
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| raspberry, strawberry, red raspberry,
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| | recipe makes about three pints.)8 to 10
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| plum conserve, apple conserve, or date
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| | fresh, large, ripe plums1/2 cup of water4
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| filling (recipes for plum and apple
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| | cups of sugar2 cups of raisins1 cup
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| conserve and date filling are included
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| | chopped walnuts2 tablespoons of lemon
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| below.)Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream
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| | juicePit the plums and chop into small
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| butter, margarine, sugar, eggs and
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| | pieces. Place in a large saucepan and add
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| vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder and
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| | the sugar and water. Boil for 10 minutes,
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| salt. If the dough is too dry, add 1 or 2
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| | stirring constantly. Add the lemon juice,
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| tablespoons of milk. If the dough seems
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| | raisins and walnuts and cook for 10
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| too wet, add 1/4 or 1/2 cup of flour.Roll
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| | minutes longer, stirring constantly.
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| out dough. Use either a small round
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| | (Note: Recipe can also be made using 3
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| cookie cutter or one large round cutter.
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| | cups of chopped apples instead of plums.
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| Place cookies on an ungreased baking
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| | Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon.)~ Date
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| sheet. Put one teaspoon of jam (or other
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| | Filling ~3 cups chopped dates1/2 cup
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| filling) in the middle of the smaller
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| | sugar1 2/3 cups water1 tablespoon lemon
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| rounds or off to one side of the larger
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| | juicePut all ingredients into a saucepan
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| rounds. Place another small round on top
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| | and cook over low heat, stirring
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| of the small rounds; fold the larger
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| | constantly, until thickened (10 or 15
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| rounds in half. Use a fork to crimp the
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| | minutes).
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