Jam-Filled Butter Cookies

Jam-filled cookies are on the list of all the favorites, but did you know that it was so easy to do? Because they are "refrigerator"cookies can choose your cooking time. This recipe makes a lot, so you can fill all the Christmas dishes with ease.

For six dozen cookies.

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 12 minutes

Total time: 52 minutes

ingredients:

1 3/4 c. softened butter (400 grams)
2/3 cup. sugar (140 grams)
1 egg yolk
1/4 c. Fiori di Sicilia's King Arthur (or other flavoring, optional)
4 1/4 c. flour
C 1. shredded coconut
C 1. red jelly
preparation:

Beat butter and sugar. Mix in egg yolk and all the flavor you want,like a little vanilla, rum flavor, the taste of almonds or Fiori di Sicilia,Italian pastry flavor sold by King Arthur Flour.

Mix the flour until it forms a firm dough.

Form dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 6 hours or more (preferably overnight), so that the sugar crystalsdissolve in the dough.

Roll the dough into 3/4 inch logs. Cover and refrigerate again if necessary.

Cut 1/2 inches each record. Roll in coconut, place on cookie sheet.Make a mark on the cookie with a spoon handle or thumb.

Stir in gelatin until smooth. With 2 teaspoons, put a little jelly into each slot. Do not overload the bleeding or overflow the gelatine andburn in the cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Once cooled, stored at room temperature on a baking sheet. These cookies will keep several weeks.