Title: Bliss date-filled oatmeal cookies
 Categories: Cookie
      Yield: 48 Servings
 
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Shortening
    1/2 c  Buttermilk
    1/4 ts Salt
      2 c  Oatmeal
      2 c  White flour
    1/2 ts Soda

--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
      1 pk (8-oz) dates; chopped
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/4 ts Lemon juice
      1 c  Water
  
  This recipe was my great aunt's; it dates back to about 1912.
  
  In a saucepan, boil the filling ingredients to a paste; cool. Cream
  shortening; add sugar and mix until creamy. Add soda to buttermilk
  and add to mixture alternately with flour and salt. Add oatmeal to
  make a soft firm dough. Chill in refrigerator for an hour or more.
  Remove from refrigerator in small portions and roll out on a floured
  board. Roll quite thin (about 1/8") and cut out with a small round
  cookie cutter. Bake 10 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet at 325
  deg. Remove from oven onto brown paper and cool. Cookies may be
  stored in airtight containers, or frozen until ready to use. Then
  spread filling on one circle, cover with second circle to form
  sandwiches.