FILLING
2 Packages DRIED FIGS
1 (80Z) Package DATES
1/2 CUP PECANS
1 ORANGE
1 BOX RAISINS
1
SMALL Package CITRUS FRUIT MIX
2 TBLS VANILLA
2 TBLS SUGAR
1 TSP ALLSPICE
1 TSP CINNAMON
1
TSP CLOVES (I OMIT THIS - Charles and Gammy have allergy)
PASS
FRUIT THROUGH FOOD CHOPPER.
MIX WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS THOROUGHLY WITH HANDS.
DOUGH
8 CUPS FLOUR (2 Lbs.)
2
CUPS SUGAR
4 HEAPING TBLS SHORTENING
3 EGGS
5
TSPS BAKING POWDER
MILK 1 CUP + or - (JUST ENOUGH FOR BISCUIT-LIKE DOUGH)
1
TBLS VANILLA
1
TSP SALT
ROLL DOUGH THIN-CUT IN STRIPS.
ROLL FILLING ABOUT SIZE OF FIN6ER AND COVER WITH DOUGH.
MOISTEN EDGES OF DOUGH TO SEAL
SHAPE
ROLLS -MAKE SLITS ON SIDES-CUT INTO DESIRED LENGTHS.
PLACE
ON UN-GREASED COOKIE SHEET AND BAKE AT 350 FOR ABOUT
25
MINUTES. PUT ICING WHEN COOLED.
FOR ICING DIVIDE 1 LB POWDERED SUGAR IN HALF IN SEPARATE BOWLS
ADD RED COLORING TO ONE AND GREEN TO THE OTHER.
ADD VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER TO MAKE THICK PASTE
SPREAD OVER TOP OF COOKIES AND PUT SPRINKLE DECORS ON WET ICING.
LET DRY WELL
OVERNIGHT BEFORE STORING IN AIRTIGHT CONTAINER.
From Alice Ann (Poirrier) Broussard
Note: This is a hard one to describe in words how to make.
Think of it looking like a Sushi roll, the dough being like the rice wrapped around the filling.
See below picture.
Found in Gammy's cookbook notebook
