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Mom’s Butter Cookies

5 from 1 reviews

Ingredients

1 ½ cups butter
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups sifted flour
½ tsp salt

Thick peach or apricot jam

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add yolks one at a time beating after each addition. Add vanilla. Add sifted dry ingredients and blend well. Form into small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Make depression in center of dough ball and place a little jam in the center. Bake at 400 degrees about 10 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar while still warm.

Recipe Yield

Makes about 9 dozen 1-inch cookies 1x

Cookie Category:  Molded or Shaped

Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆