9 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/4 c. baking powder
2 lemon rinds and juice
1 tbsp. vanilla
1 c. Crisco
6 eggs
1 3/4 c. milk
1 tbsp. anise oil

Combine baking powder, flour, sugar, and Crisco as a pie crust. Beat eggs, milk, and anise oil together with dry ingredients. Roll dough into 4 inch strips. Spread filling half way and fold the other half over the filling. Slice with a ravioli or cookie cutter into about an inch and a half circles.

FILLING:

2 lb. dates
2 lb. walnuts, grounded fine
Grace a large orange juice and rind
1/2 c. sugar
2 c. water

Boil dates with the water, orange juice, and sugar until dry. Follow the same icing as the white cookies.

Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.