Austrian Jam Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup raspberry jam

Recipe

• in a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. add the vanilla and egg yolk; mix until fluffy. stir in the flour, and refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
• preheat oven to 300 degrees f ( 150 degrees c ). grease cookie sheets.
• measure out the dough by teaspoonfuls, and roll into balls. dip the balls into chopped almonds and set on the prepared cookie sheet 1 inch apart. with a finger, make an indention in each cookie, fill the indention up with jam using a teaspoon or a pastry bag. bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, cookies should be golden brown. remove from pan after baking to cool on a wire rack.