Jewel Box Cookies
Jewel Box Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 3 servings with 609 calories, 6g of protein, and 33g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 32 minutes. Head to the store and pick up jam, butter, egg yolk, and a few other things to make it today.
Instructions
1 COMBINE flour and sugar in large bowl.
Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until coarse crumbs form.
Add beaten egg yolk and vanilla.
Mix until dough holds together.
2 SHAPE into small balls using half teaspoonfuls.
Place 1-inch apart on cookie sheet. Make small indentation in center of each cookie. Chill 20 minutes.
3 HEAT oven to 350F. Fill each cookie with scant 1/4 teaspoon jam, jelly or preserves.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until just golden around the edges.
TIP For added sparkle, unbaked cookies may be rolled in coarse bakery sugar crystals before being placed on cookie sheet to chill.