Cranberry Filled Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 cup dried cranberries
1 teaspoon orange rind
1 cup boiling water
Cookie
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder

Preparation

Filling:
Mix cranberries, sugar, flour, salt, orange rind and boiling water. Boil for 3 minutes, allow to cool completely.
Cookie:
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. mix. Now add the Milk and vanilla. Mix well. in another bowl, add flour, salt, and baking powder, sift together well. Add to butter mixture and mix well. On floured surface, roll cookie dough out thin. Cut into desire shapes. Place 1 teaspoon of filling into the center of one cookie, top with another cookie, moisten edges of cookies and seal with fork.
Bake 350 degrees until cookies are brown about 10 to 15 minutes.
OPTIONAL, drizzle a powdered sugar glaze on top of cookie.