Pocketbooks

By greeneyes718

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 sticks(1 cup) cold unsalted butter,cut into 16 pieces
• yolks from 3 large eggs
• 2 tbsp ice water
• 2/3 about 2/3 cup fruit preserves(the thicker the better)
• Icing
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 tbsp milk

Details

Servings 32

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 400

-Place flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse to mix
-Add butter and pulse just until blended
-Whisk egg yolks and ice water to blend
-With machine running add yolk mixture and pulse 15 times,then process until dough comes together,about 5 seconds
-Remove dough and knead briefly,about 6 or 7 turns
-Shape into 2 thick disks,wrap separately in plastic and refrigerate bout 1 hour
-lightly grease cookie sheets
-With rolling pin,roll each piece of dough between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper to 1/8 inch thickness
-Using a 2 3/4 inch round cookie cutter,cut out 16 cookies from each piece,rerolling and cutting scraps
-(on a humid day,it may be necessary to refrigerate the rolled out dough 15 min before cutting)
-Place 1 level tsp fruit preserves on 1 side of each circle
-Fold other side over
-Press edges with tines or a fork
-Place about 1 in apart on prepared cookie sheet
-Bake about 12 min until golden
-Remove to rack to cool
-Mix 1 tbsp milk with 1/2 cup confectioners sugar to make icing
-Drizzle with icing
-let icing harden before eating or storing