Almond Jam Cookies

By MissHeather

Ingredients

• 185 grams butter, chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 C sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 C ground almonds
• 1 1/2 C flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 T apricot jam
• 1 tsp grated lemon rind
• 2 T raspberry jam

Preparation

Step 1

Beat butter, vanilla, sugar and yolks in medium bowl with electric mixer until just combined. Stir in nuts, flour and baking powder, mix well. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls, place about 5 cm apart on ungreased oven tray. Press a hollow in each ball about 1cm deep and 1.4cm wide with the handle end of a lightly floured wooden spoon.

Combine apricot am with half the rind. Combine raspberry jam with remaining rind. Carefully spoon a little apricot jam into half the cookies and raspberry in the other half.

Bake in moderatley slow oven about 25 minutes or until browned; cool on trays.