Date Filled Cookies

My daughter loves sandwich cookies a lot. I got the basic recipe from a cookbook and tweaked it to include some healthy ingredients.

Ingredients
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Powdered Sugar: 1/4 cup
Brown Sugar: 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract: 1 tsp
Butter: 1/2 cup (1 stick)


For filling
Chopped dates: 1/2 cup
Water: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 tablespoon


Procedure:
Step1:
Beat the butter and both the sugar together until light and fluffy


Step2:
Add the flour and vanilla extract and knead it to dough


Step3:
Wrap the dough in cling wrap and refrigerate for 40 minutes so that it becomes easy to work with


Step4:
Meanwhile mix the chopped dates, water and sugar in a medium sauce pan.Bring to a boil and then simmer in low flame for 10 minutes.The filling will thicken once it cools.

Step5:
Divide the dough into 26 balls and flatten each of them to circles


Step6:
Using a cookie cutter cut half of the circles in the center

Step7:
Fill the dates filling in a full circle and place the cut circle on top of it and seal it using fork

Step8:
Bake the cookies in a preheated oven of 325 F for 15 minutes or until light brown

Tip:
Use the cut cookies and bake them as thumb print cookies with the date filling