Recipe - Buttery Melt-A-Ways

2 One half cup Flour
One half cup Sugar
2/3 cup Butter; softened
1 Egg
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon Milk
1 teaspoon Almond extract
Three fourths cup Cherry preserves
Sugar; for sprinkling

Heat oven to 350 F. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, butter,
egg, baking soda, milk and almond extract. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl
often, until well mixed, 34 minutes. Roll out dough, One half at a time, on
wellfloured surface, to 1/4inch thickness. Cut out with 21/2inch round
cookie cutter. Place One half of the cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie
sheets. Make a small X or a cutout with a very small cookie cutter in top
of each remaining cookie. Place level teaspoonsful of cherry preserves in
center of each cookie. Top each cookie with another cookie, press together
around edges with fork. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 1113 minutes, or
until edges are very lightly browned. remove immediately. Makes about 2
dozen cookies.

Source: Favorite AllTime Recipes Land O Lakes Cookies

Recipe by: Land O Lakes

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
MarySpero@prodigy.com (MS MARY E SPERO) on 5 No, v 1997