Raspberry Jam Filled Sugar Cookies

You could of course just leave them as is and not put the holes in them.  Just a classic jam filled sugar cookie.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 1/4 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 C Butter
• 1 C sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 C thick sour cream
• Seedless Raspberry Jelly
• vanilla sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and baking powder
3. In another bowl beat the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and sour cream
4. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet until combined
5. Divide into 4 flat disks, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
6. Roll out the dough between parchment paper, thinner than normal, less than 1/4 of an inch
7. Cut out your circles and spread out the circles just a little bit, then roll them out as evenly as you can until they are about 1/8th of an inch (a little more is okay)
8. Dab a small amt of the jelly in the center of half the circles, then top each jelly circle with one of the plain circles.
9. Now cut the cookies one more time to seal the two layers together
10. Sprinkle the vanilla sugar on the top to add a sweet crunch
11. Using a toothpick break through JUST the top layer into the jelly twice to create you teeth marks
12. Bake 12-15 mins, until just slightly golden on the edges
13. Let cool then add a little extra jelly "dripping" from the teeth marks

TIP: For an even easier list of ingredients.  Here are the ingredients for a basic sugar cookie.  Other than the Jam it's all you really need.

• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract