Cream Cheese Jam Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 100 g butter, softened
• 125 g cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup caster sugar (aka superfine sugar)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 3 cups plain flour, sifted
• 1/4 cup raspberry jam
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• icing sugar, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c line two flat baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
• 2 cream the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. add sugar and the vanilla. beat until the sugar has dissolved. add egg -beat until well combined.
• 3 using a metal spoon, fold flour into butter mixture.
• 4 using your hands, press the dough together. turn onto a lightly floured surface. roll out until 0.5cm thick.
• 5 using a 6cm round biscuit cutter, cut rounds from dough.
• 6 place rounds on prepared trays. spoon 1/2 teaspoon jam into the centre of each biscuit. sprinkle tops with almonds.do not be tempted to add too much jam as it will melt off the biscuit.
• 7 bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until light golden.
• 8 allow biscuits to cool on trays. dust with icing sugar mixture.