Ingredients for - Austrian Jam Cookies

1. Butter ½ cup
2. White sugar ½ cup
3. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
4. Egg yolk 1
5. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
6. Chopped almonds ⅔ cup
7. Raspberry jam 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Austrian Jam Cookies

1 . Stage

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla and egg yolk; mix until fluffy. Stir in the flour, and refrigerate dough for 2 hours.

2 . Stage

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F ( 150 degrees C ). Grease cookie sheets.

3 . Stage

Measure out the dough by teaspoonfuls, and roll into balls. Dip the balls into chopped almonds and set on the prepared cookie sheet 1 inch apart. With a finger, make an indention in each cookie, fill the indention up with jam using a teaspoon or a pastry bag. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, cookies should be golden brown. Remove from pan after baking to cool on a wire rack.