Austrian Recipe ∞ Austrian Jam Cookies

This recipe belonged to my mother. It is one the many cookies from her Christmas cookie collection.

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup raspberry jam

Cooking Directions

1. 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.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F ( 150 degrees C ). Grease cookie sheets.
3. 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories87.8
• carbohydrateContent13.3 g
• cholesterolContent12.5 mg
• fatContent3.6 g
• fiberContent0.3 g
• proteinContent1 g
• saturatedFatContent1.7 g
• sodiumContent18.5 mg
• sugarContent8.5 g