Ingredients
- 12 english walnuts
- 2 eggs
- 1 lard
- 1/2 lemon
- 4 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup sour milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup seedless raisins (ground)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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.
