New Zealand Holly Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For Cookies
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 cup raspberry jam
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1/4 cup milk
1 large egg, beaten
For Decoration
2 -3 teaspoons milk
2 cups powdered sugar
red cinnamon candies
green food coloring

Preparation

Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt.
Cut in margarine (like pie dough).
Make a well in the center of the dough.
Combine egg and 1/4 cup milk and pour them into the well.
Stir dough until moist.
Flour a flat surface and roll dough out to 1/8\" thick.
Cut into 2\" circles.
Bake at 375\u00b0F for 8-10 minutes.
Place on a rack to cool.
Once cooled, place 1/2 tsp jam on the bottom of one cookie.
Cover the jam with another cookie, ie cookie- jam- cookie.
In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to make a glaze.
Glaze the top of one side of each double cookie and place 2-3 cinnamon candies into the glaze.
The candies are to be the holly berries.
Allow glaze to set.
Use a small clean paintbrush to paint several holly leaves and a stem on each cookie using green food coloring.