Jelly Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• about 1/2 cup jelly (i usually use homemade grape jelly) or jam (i usually use homemade grape jelly)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream the vegetable shortening and sugar. beat in the egg. beat in the vanilla extract and lemon juice. gradually blend the flour.
• 3 pinch off walnut-size pieces of the dough and rool into balls. place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. press your finger into the center of each cookie to make an indention. fill each cookie with a little jelly.
• 4 bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly colored. cool on wire rack.