Vanilla-strawberry Cookies

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup flour, plus
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon double-acting baking powder
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 teaspoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 tablespoon ice water
• 2 teaspoons sugar-free strawberry jam

Recipe

• 1 onto a sheet of waxed paper, or a paper plate, sift flour and baking powder.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 in a small bowl, cream margarine with sugar.
• 4 add vanilla and lemon peel and stir to combine.
• 5 add sifted flour and ice water and mix to form dough.
• 6 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 7 between 2 sheets of waxed paper, roll dough to about 1/8" thickness.
• 8 remove top sheet of paper, and using 2 1/2" round cookie cutter, cut out cookies, placing on non-stick baking sheet.
• 9 form scraps of dough into a ball, and repeat rolling and cutting procedure until all dough has been used.
• 10 should yield 12 cookies.
• 11 bake 10-12 minutes.
• 12 use a spatula to remove cookies and place on a wire rack to cool.
• 13 top centre of each cooled cookie with an equal amount of no-sugar jam.