Fruit Preserve Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup any flavor fruit jam
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• sift the flour into a bowl and cut in the butter or margarine. mix in the sugar and almonds. using a fork, mix in the egg until dough becomes stiff.
• knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. roll out dough into a thin layer and cut into rounds, 2 inches wide. re-roll trimmings and cut until you have 20 rounds. place rounds on cookie sheets.
• bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. let cool on the sheet for about 3 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.
• when biscuits are completely cold, spread half of the rounds with a thin layer of preserves and sandwich together. dust with confectioners' sugar.