2 cups flour.

1 cup sour cream 1 cup shortening.

3 eggs.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

1/2 teaspoon salt.

1 teaspoon baking powder.

1 teaspoon soda.

Add enough flour to roll. Line pan with very thin layer. Spread with filling, and cover with another thin layer. Bake in a moderate oven. Cut in squares.

Filling

1 cup sugar.

2 tablespoons flour.

1 package raisins or dates ground.

1 cup boiling water.

Cook slowly ten minutes.

Vera Smollett Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn.

University of Minnesota.

Date Filled Cookies

1 1/2 cups sugar.

2/3 cup butter.

1 cup thick sour cream.

1 teaspoon soda.

2 eggs.

3 1/2 cups flour.

Filling

1/2 cup sugar.

1/2 cup warm water.

2 tablespoons flour 1 cup chopped dates.

Cook and cool.

Roll cookies one-eighth inch thick, spread with a teaspoon of filling and cover with second cookie; press the edges together and bake in hot oven. Filling may have walnuts added or may be made with raisins or figs.

Mildred Strong Castle, Joliet, Ill. Illinois Wesleyan University.