Notes

FIG COOKIES
GRIND TOGETHER
TWO POUNDS DRIED FIGS (REMOVE STEMS)
TWO POUNDS SEEDLESS RAISINSCP
ONE POUND PITTED DATES
ONE POUND SHELLED PECANS
ONE POUND SHELLED WALNUTS
ONE TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
ONE GRATED DRIED ORANGE RIND
MIX ABOVE INGREDIENTS WELL WITH A LITTLE WARM WATERTO MOISTEN, MAYBE A LITTLE HONEY
OIL HANDS AND A WOODEN BOARD
ROLL FIG MIXTURE INTO LONG THIN ROLLS
OR PASS THROUGH SAUAGE ON GRINDER
DOUGH
FOUR POUNDS PLAIN FLOUR
4 EGGS
4 TEASPOON OF BAKING POWDER
ONE TEASPOON SALT
ONE POUND PURE LARD (CRISCO)
ONEHALF CUP OF SUGAR, DISSOLVE IN 3/4 CCUP OF WARM WATER
MIX LARD AND EGGS INTO FLOUR WITH SALT AND SWEETENED WARM WATER SLOWLY, KNEAD WELL
LET DOUGH REST ABOUT 3/4 OF HOUR OR MORE
CUT DOUGH INTO SMALL BUN LIKE PIECES
KNEAD THESE WELL ALSO , PASS THROUGH PASTA MACHINE ON MIXER
MAKE LONG THIN STRIPS
PLACE A ROLL OF FIG MIXTURE INTO DOUGH, ROLL UNTIL FIG IS COVERED
CUT INTO FANCY PIECES
BAKE ABOUT 350 UNTIL LIGHT BROWN
COOL ICE TOP WITH COLORED ICINGS AND BEADS
ABOUT 12 DOZ