Italian Fig Cookies

Mix: 6 eggs
6 Tablespoons. sugar
6 Tablespoons. oil, not olive

Start with 4 cups of flour to which 3 Tablepsoons. baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt have been added.

Add flour gradually to egg mixture.

Gradually work dough on a floured board adding more flour until the dough is elastic.

Roll out dough thin, cut into long strips wide enough to hold filling. Fold dough over filling making sure that the ends of the dough overlap to ensure the filling won't ooze out. With the filling in the dough it should look like a long tube. Cut into desired sized pieces (roughly 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long), bake 350 for 15-20min.

Filling: 2 lbs figs, 1 lb. dates, 1 lb. raisins, 1 orange, 1/4lb walnuts, finely ground, 1/4 c. water.

Note: soften raisins and figs in water which has been brought to a boil and removed from the heat. Drain, mash and add the rest of the ingredients.