Merry Berry Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups melted butter (3 sticks, 3/4 lb)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup melted melted raspberry jam (any jam) or 1/2 cup strawberry jam (any jam) or 1/2 cup blackberry jam (any jam)
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups flour (pack it down in the cup don't sift it)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar, for later
• 1/3 cup jam, for later

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a large microwave safe bowl.
• 2 add the sugar and mix thoroughly. let the bowl sit on the counter while you do the next step.
• 3 melt the jam in the microwave or in a saucepan over low heat. once it’s the consistency of syrup, mix it in with the butter and sugar.
• 4 add the eggs, baking soda, and salt, stirring after each addition.
• 5 add the flour and mix thoroughly. cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. (overnight is even better.).
• 6 when your ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees, rack in the middle position.
• 7 roll the chilled dough into small walnut-sized balls with your hands.
• 8 put 1/3 cup sugar in a small bowl and roll the balls in it.
• 9 place them on a greased standard-sized cookie sheet, 12 cookies per sheet.
• 10 flatten the dough balls with a greased spatula.
• 11 make a small indentation with your thumb or index finger in the center of each cookie. fill the indentation with about 1/8 teaspoon of jam.
• 12 bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 13 let them cool for minutes on the cookie sheet, and then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.