Jam-filled Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup walnut pieces
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cut in chunks
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam (or jam of your choice)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f; line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• 2 in a food processor fitted with steel blade, process walnuts and 1/4 cup of the flour until nuts are quite finely chopped; remove from processor into a dish and set aside.
• 3 place remaining flour into food processor, along with butter and icing sugar; process until mixture has a crumbly texture, about 10 seconds or so.
• 4 return nut mixture to food processor, along with almond extract and the egg.
• 5 process until entire mixture is combined; 15 seconds or so.
• 6 make one-inch balls from mixture and place on prepared cookie sheet; using the end of a wooden spoon, make an indentation into each cookie.
• 7 fill each hole with a wee bit of jam; i prefer seedless raspberry, but will use strawberry too-- i find the red jams suit the holiday season, but you can use any jam you want.
• 8 bake in preheated oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown.