Recipe - Grandmothers Jelly Cookies

1 cup Butter or margarine,
softened
1 One half cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
Three fourths 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 1/8 inch thickness.
Cut with a 2 One half inch cookie cutter. Roll out remaining dough; cut with a 2
One half 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 EATL Digest 06 Dec 96

From: Barbara Williams BarbEWill@AOL.COM

Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 17:06:32 0500