Great Grandma's Key Cookie Recipe

2 cups sugar
⅔ cup shortening
4 eggs
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 cup buttermilk
4 cups flour

Cream sugar and shortening. Add remaining ingredients. The Dough must be stiff, so you may need to add any of the following:
▸1 pkg. (12 oz.) chocolate chips
▸raisins
▸nuts
▸M&Ms
▸etc.
▸For raisin filling: Combine 2 cups ground raisins, ¼ cup sugar, 1 cup nuts, and ¼ cup water. Cook on stove until thick. On cookie sheet put a drop of dough, a drop of filling, and top with a drop of dough. (Don’t roll.)
▸For date filling: use chopped dates, ½ cup of water, and 1 cup of nuts.