Fig-Filled Cookies

Yields:	5 dozen
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	Preparation	30 minutes
	Cooking	10 minutes
	Ready In	40 minutes

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Ingredients

1/2	cup	vegetable shortening
1/2	cup	butter
1/2	cup	sugar
1/2	cup	honey
2	large	eggs	beaten
4 1/2	cups	flour, all-purpose
1	teaspoon	baking powder
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	x	fruit jam	or fig filling

Directions

Cream together shortening, butter and sugar well.

Beat in honey and eggs into shortening mixture.

Mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to egg mixture gradually, beating well after each addition.

Place dough in refrigerator until well chilled.

Roll out into 2 long strips, spread 1 strip with Fig Filling or jam and cover with the other dough strip.

Pinch together.

Bake at 400F for 8 to 10 minutes or until delicately browned around the edges.

When cool, cut into oblong cookies.

Or shape the unbaked dough into 2 rolls, each about 2 inches in diameter.

Wrap in waxed paper and chill in refrigerator for several hours.

To Bake, slice thin and put together in pairs, sandwich fashion, with a dot of commercial or home-made Fig Filling or jam between them.

Press edges together lightly.

Prick top with fork. Bake as described.

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Jimmy Dean Country Breakfast Casserole

This is great. I have served it at two separate gatherings and everyone loves it. I use 1 lb. sage sausage and one lb. hot sausage and I use french bread.