Filled Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla
• omit nutmeg and vanilla
• sub with 1 tsp. lemon extract
• and 1/2 tsp lemon zest

Recipe

• 1 cream first two ingredients.
• 2 add milk, eggs and mix.
• 3 add to well mixed dry ingredients.
• 4 add nutmeg and vanilla.
• 5 refrigerate one hour or more.
• 6 roll out 1/4 of the chilled dough.
• 7 cut out half the rounds using a biscuit cutter.
• 8 place whole rounds on a cookie sheet.
• 9 add two teaspoons of filling.
• 10 use a donut cutter to make rounds with a hole.
• 11 top cookie with these so filling can peek through.
• 12 crimp/seal edges with finger tips or fork.
• 13 bake 400 f for 8-10 minutes.
• 14 cookies shouuld be pale while bottoms are golden brown.
• 15 fillings i prefer: mincemeat, date filling, jellies, jams, cherry pie filling.