Grandmother's jelly cookies

36 Servings

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
1½ cup Sugar
1 Egg
1½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
3½ cup All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Red raspberry, strawberry or peach preserves

In the spirit of the season, Grandmother's Jelly Cookies guarantee that Santa Claus will recruit you to pack his bag. Make extra and give them as a gift to yourself.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir to make a smooth dough. (If batter gets too hard to handle, mix with hands).

Refrigerate about two hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets. On a lightly floured board, roll out half of the dough to about a ⅛ inch thickness.

Cut with a 2½ inch cookie cutter. Roll out remaining dough; cut with a 2 ½ inch cutter with a hole in the middle. Place on baking sheets. Bake 8 - 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Cool about 30 minutes.

To serve, spread preserves on plain cookie; top with a cookie with a hole.

Nutritional information per serving: 142 calories; 5g fat; 3g sat. fat; 20mg cholesterol; 114mg sodium; 1g protein; 22g carbohydrate.

Yield: Approximately 3 dozen cookies Preparation time: 10 minutes (plus two hours refrigeration) Cooking time: 12 - 14 minutes Assembly time: 10 minutes Posted to EAT-L Digest 06 Dec 96 From: Barbara Williams <BarbEWill@...> Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 17:06:32 -0500

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