Garrett hosted us for cookie exchange on a nice Saturday afternoon. It was a nice get together with the Sacramento Area food bloggers and writers, as usual. Thanks once more for hosting the event Garrett!

If you are going to share/give away the food, you should always practice ahead, right? Well, not so much for me when I get the recipe from a trusted source. This time I got it from another blogger friend; Mine. Thankfully she writes her posts both in German and Turkish, otherwise it would have been at the hands of internet-translation from German to English.

The only thing I changed in the recipe was to use date paste, instead of half, pitted dates to fill in the cookies. That is because I had them at hand, and it turned out pretty good. So, either way works fine. The result is as buttery, rich as a date cookie can get. You can find dates in pretty much in every store, and date paste was purchased from an Israeli store in town.

Date Filled Cookies (40 - 44 pieces)

• 200 gr unsalted butter
• 4 Tbs yogurt
• 4 Tbs powdered sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• approximately 400 - 420 gr all purpose flour
• 20 - 22 pitted dates or 450gr date paste

Topping: 2 Tbs powdered sugar + 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C)
2. Melt the butter, cool to touch and add yogurt & sugar. Add baking powder with the first cup of flour, and add the flour slowly, while mixing/kneading with hand until a soft dough is formed
3. Take small pieces (walnut size) from dough, level it in your palm, put half a date (or a teaspoonful) in it, close it tight and put on a cookie sheet. No need to space them so far apart, they will not expand
4. When all cookies are made, bake them in the preheated oven for 15 - 20 mins, until light brown. Cool
5. Mix the topping sugar + cinnamon. Roll the cookies one by one in the mix, set aside
6. Enjoy with a warm cup of tea/coffee or a hot chocolate!

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