Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
1/2 lb Prune -- chopped 2 tb Sugar
1/2 lb Dates -- chopped 1 tb Butter or margarine
1 c Boiling water

---------------------------PASTRY--------------------------------
3 c All-purpose flour 1 c Butter
1 c Sugar 1 ea Egg -- beaten
2 ts Baking powder 3 tb Cream
1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla extract

In a sauce pan, combine prunes, dates, water and sugar. Cook over low
heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from the heat and
stir in butter. Cool. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, sift together
flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter as for a pie
pastry. Blend in egg, cream and vanilla. Form into two balls. Place
one ball at a time on a floured board and roll to a 1/8 in,
thickness. Cut into 2 in squares. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Make 1 in. slits in corners. Place 1/2 teaspoon filling in the center
of each square. Bring every other corner up into center to form a
pinwheel and press lightly. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
bake at 325 deg. for 12 min. or until the points are light golden
brown. Yield: about 7 doz.

Recipe By : Country Woman

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