The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever

The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever

Oatmeal and Dates are the perfect combination for breakfast!

Wouldn’t you love to be able to eat delicious cookies for breakfast?  In a perfect world, we could have guilt free mornings of enjoying cakes or cookies with that first morning coffee in a perfect harmony.  However…. most of us don’t.  With these oatmeal and date cookies you can do just that!  I mean, oatmeal is a breakfast food right? And dates are even better!  Put them together and you have a yummy breakfast.

I shamefully admit that I am not much of a breakfast eater at all.  (Unless you count coffee.)  Of course, I do put dairy in my coffee, that counts for something! But, when there is a batch of these delicious cookies made, I am known to have one, or maybe even two of these with my morning coffee.  Wow, that’s hitting three food groups!

Aside from breakfast, these delicious goodies are a treat for any time of day.  They are also a cinch to make, and freeze up quite nicely.  Great to stock them up and enjoy them good as fresh without the work.  😉

A small word of warning

With sharing this recipe with you I will pass along a word of warning.  If you make these, there is a 100% chance you will be requested to make them again, and again, and again. So share them wisely and only if you enjoyed making them.  Luckily for my mom I do enjoy making them.  She is definitely the biggest fan of these!

If you make these and enjoy them, please pin and share.  Thanks so much!

The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever

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Delicious and simple. A basic oatmeal date sandwich cookie that is sure to get requests for repeats. Easy to make lots and freeze.

The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever Yum Print Recipe Delicious and simple. A basic oatmeal date sandwich cookie that is sure to get requests for repeats. Easy to make lots and freeze.

Ingredients

For the Date filling

• 3 cups Pitted Dates
• 1+ 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp Fresh Lemon juice

For the Oatmeal Cookie

• 1 Cup softened butter
• 1 Cup shortening
• 2 Cups Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup Evaporated milk or cream
• 4 Cups Quick Oats Oatmeal
• 3 Cups all purpose flour
• 1 Tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp Baking Powder

Servings:

Instructions

For the Cookie

1. In a food processor, pulse the Oatmeal to a fine crumb.
2. Add the remaining dry ingredients and pulse until they are well mixed
3. Cream the Butter, Shortening and Sugar together in a stand mixer or hand mixer.
4. Add the milk
5. Gradually add the dry mixture into the creamed mixture and stir until combined.
6. Flatten by hand wrapping with plastic into disks and refrigerate dough for 1 hour or more. (Make filling while dough is chilling)

For the Filling

1. Place the Dates, Water and Sugar into a heavy bottomed saucepan and cook slowly until dates resemble a spreadable creamy mixture.
2. Add lemon juice and stir into mixture. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

To Assemble

1. Roll out cookie dough on lightly floured surface. With a round cookie cutter of your desired size, cut out cookies about 1/8" thick.
2. Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for approx 15-20 minutes. (until edges are a golden brown)
3. Cool on wire racks for 5-10 minutes and then spread date filling into cookies.
4. Enjoy!

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