Fruit Bars
Mix together one cupful of butter and one cupful of brown sugar until creamy, add two well-beaten eggs, one-half cupful of sour milk and scant teaspoonful of soda if the milk is thoroughly sour, if not use only half a teaspoonful. Beat up together, then add enough flour to make a dough that will roll nicely but be careful not to get it too stiff. Flour the board well, then roll out thin and cut with a narrow oblong cutter. Put through a food chopper one pound of stoned dates and one-half pound of figs. Work together and then roll in a thin sheet. Put a layer of this fruit paste between every two of the cakes in sandwich fashion. Bake in a hot oven. Marmalades or candied fruits or nut and fruit mixtures can be used for these bars.