Instructions: 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 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.

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