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Christmas Jam Cookies

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Resting time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 250 gr butter
  • 120 gr sugar
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 350 gr flour
  • 4 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 jar apricot jam

Instructions
 

  • Cut the butter into cubes, put in a bowl and mix to obtain a soft butter.
  • Mix butter and sugar until you get a frothy mixture.
  • Add the flour and the other ingredients, knead the dough and let the dough covered with cling film rest in the fridge for one hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
  • Roll out the dough to 2mm thick.
  • Make round shapes and place them on baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Decorate half of the cookies by cutting out small shapes (1 to 3).
  • Bake in the middle of a preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes till golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven, let cool.
  • Sprinkle the cookies with the small holes with powedered sugar.
  • Heat the jam a little bit, spread a layer over each solid cookie then cover with a cookie with small holes.