Lemon-marmalade Cookie Sandwiches

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons lemon marmalade

Recipe

• in a mixing bowl beat butter and 1/2 cup sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. beat in lemon peel and vanilla.
• in a food processor, finely grind flour, nuts, salt and cinnamon. add to butter mixture and mix just until dough holds together.
• gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. wrap in plastic and chill for about 1 hour or until firm.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f. butter cookie sheet.
• roll dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. cut out cookies with a 3-inch round cookie cutter. gather scraps into a ball and re-roll to 1/4-inch thick. cut out cookies, forming total of 12. transfer cookies to the cookie sheet.
• using a 1-inch round cookie butter, cut out the center of 6 cookies and remove. bake about 20 minutes or until golden. cool on rack for 5 minutes.
• leaving a 1/8-inch border, spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of marmalade evenly over each cookie without a hole. sift additional powdered sugar over cookies with holes. place cookies with holes sugar side up atop jam-covered cookies.