Old Fashioned Green Tomato Cookies

• COOKIE BATTER
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• FILLING for cookies
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups fresh green tomatoes, chopped
• 1 lemon, rind and juice

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and tomato pieces. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until very thick. Add grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, stir well and heat again to bubbling. Chill thoroughly.
2. For the cookie batter, cream granulated sugar and butter till fluffy. Add egg and milk and blend well. In a small bowl, combine flour, soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add to creamed mixture and blend well Chill at least 1 hour.
3. To assemble cookies, roll chilled dough to 1/8" thickness and cut cookies with the outer ring of a doughnut cutter, or cookie cutter. Top half the cookies with 1 tbls of chilled filling. Using the center ring from the remaining half of the cut out cookies and place on top of filled halves. Crimp edges with a fork to seal and bake in a 350* oven 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-green-tomato-cookies-118569 (may not work)