Drop Date Cookies

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg -- beaten
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

FILLING:

• 1 package dates (small pkg) -- chopped
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• OR maple extract
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs, water and vanilla. Stir dry ingredients in.
Boil the filling ingredients slowly until dates are cooked then thicken with cornstarch.
Drop cookie dough on cookie sheet. Put some date filling on top, then put a dab of cookie dough on top of the filling. Bake in 400° oven for 10-15 minutes.
From Grace Rattray