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Jelly Centers

Jelly Centers comes together with Butter Or Margarine Softened, Sugar, Vanilla Extract, All Purpose Flour, and Baking Powder. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 1 1/4 cup
• 2 tsp
• 3 cup
• 1/8 tsp
• 1/8 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 deg.

2. 2

   Between 2 sheets of floured waxed paper, roll half of dough 1/8 inch thick, keeping remaining dough refrigerated.

3. 3

   With floured 2-inch cookie cutter cut out as many cookies as possible.

4. 4

   Place cookies, about 1/2 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet; reserve trimmings.

5. 5

   With 1/2-inch round or star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out centers from half of cookies.

6. 6

   Remove centers; add to trimmings.

7. 7

   In cup, with fork, beat egg whites slightly.

8. 8

   With pastry brush, brush cookies with cutout centers with some egg white, then sprinkle with some of remaining 1/4 cup sugar.

9. 9

   Bake all cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies are lightly browned.

10. 10

    With pancake turner, remove cookies to wire rack to cool.

11. 11

    Repeat steps 2 and 3 with trimmings and remaining dough to make more cookies.

12. 12

    When cookies are cool, spread center of each cookie without cutout center with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon jam; top each with a cookie with a cutout center, gently pressing cookies together to form a sandwich.