Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup plus 2 T sugar
• 2 -2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup raspberry jam
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 2-3 tsp water

Directions

1. at oven to 350.

2. In large bowl, blend butter and sugar.

3. Add flour and mix well.

4. Divide dough into 6 parts.

5. On ungreased cookie sheet, roll or pat each part into a strip about 1 1/2 inches wide and 12 inches long.

6. Using knife handle, make slight indentation lengthwise down center of each strip. Fill with jam.

7. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

8. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, almond extract and water to make a think glaze.

9. While still warm, drizzle glaze across stripsand cut diagonally into 1-inch slices.

10. Dough can also be put into shortbread pan or tiny muffin tins.

11. About 60 cookies.

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