Jam Sweethearts

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon water
• 8 tablespoons jam

Recipe

• 1 beat butter & sugar together in a bowl.
• 2 add yolk and vanilla and beat the mixture until smooth.
• 3 add flour and salt and mix everything to form a smooth dough.
• 4 wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 6 roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
• 7 cut out with 1 1/2-2in circle cookie cutters.
• 8 arrange cookies on baking sheet.
• 9 cut hearts from half of the cookies with 1in heart cutters.
• 10 bake for 12 minutes.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 make frostingby beating butter until smooth, then gradually adding icing sugar, water and vanilla.
• 13 spread frosting over whole (not heart) cookies.
• 14 drop a small spoonful of jam on top of frosting.
• 15 press heart cookies on top of whole cookies.