Strawberry Jam Tarts (cookies)

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• strawberry jam or preserves

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add egg and beat.
• 3 add milk and vanilla.
• 4 add rest of ingredients and mix well.
• 5 roll out dough to 1/8" thick.
• 6 cut the dough with solid shape cookie cutters such as hearts, christmas trees, etc.
• 7 with very small cookie cutter of same shape, cut out centers of half of the shapes. (the outside edge pieces go on top of the solid shapes).
• 8 gather up bits of cut-out centers and roll out again, repeating til all dough is used up.
• 9 place whole shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• 10 top each cookie center with a teaspoons or so of strawberry jam.
• 11 place cookie shape with cut-out center on top.
• 12 seal outside edges all the way around with tines of fork. pressing to seal.
• 13 sprinkle edges with colored sugar.
• 14 bake in 350° oven for 11-13 minutes.
• 15 these do not brown.