Austrian Jam Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 c. butter, softened
    1/2 c. sugar
    1 tsp. vanilla
    1 egg, separated
    1 1/4 c. sifted flour
    2/3 c. chopped walnuts or almonds
    raspberry or strawberry jam
Preparation
    Beat butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk in medium bowl until fluffy.
    Stir in flour and gather dough into a ball.
    Chill several hours.
    Roll 1 teaspoon of dough into a ball.
    Dip into slightly beaten egg white and roll in chopped nuts.
    Repeat with remaining dough.
    Place on ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
    Press indentation in center of each cookie and fill with jam.
    Bake in 300\u00b0 oven for 20 minutes or until lightly golden.
    Cool on wire rack.

Leave a comment