HURMALI KURABİYE

DATE FILLED COOKIES

Makes 40 cookies.

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour
1 stick of salted butter
2 eggs
1/3 cups of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp of wheat starch
1 tsp of vanilla sugar
1 tsp of baking powder

Filling:
20 dates ( finely chopped )

Shift flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar, powdered sugar, starch all together in a large mixing bowl. Take soften butter, whipping cream, eggs in another large bowl and mix. Add shifted mix gradually to the liquid and make a soft dough.
Dust a large, flat surface with the flour (dusting will keep the dough from sticking). Place the dough onto flat surface and roll the dough until it reaches 1/5" thickness with a roller pin.
Preheat the oven 350F. Place a parchment paper on a baking sheet. Cut off the dough with a round cookie cutter.Place 1 tsp of chopped dates in the middle of the dough and close it up. Place them on a baking tray. Preheat the oven to 350F. Bake them until golden brown.
When they are cooled, sprinkle powdered sugar on top of them and serve.