Oatmeal Delights

Ingredients

300 gr sugar
230 gr butter
325 gr flour sifted
2 1/2 quick oatmeal
1 gr salt
5 gr baking soda
120 ml honey
60 ml water
160 gr raisins
1 orange
1 lemon
30 ml water

Instructions

FOR THE COOKIES: Cream the sugar and butter or margarine. Mix flour, oatmeal, and salt together. Mix soda with honey and hot water. Add flour mixture alternately with liquid to creamed mixture. Begin and end with some of the flour. Mix= well.

Place on a well-floured board. Flour rolling pin and roll to about 1 cm thickness. Cut in small rounds and place on greased cookie sheet. Top center of each round with half teaspoon of filling. Place another cookie round on top. Press edges together. Bake at 190ºC or dozen to 15 minutes.=20 FOR THE FILLING: Scrub orange and lemon well, then cut into quarters. Remove seeds and grind pulp and rind. Add raisins, water and sugar. Cook on medium heat to thicken. Stir frequently.=20 Cool before placing on cookies.