Strawberry Recipe » Granny's Strawberry Preserves-Filled Cookies

Lightly spiced, soft cookies with a strawberry jam filling. Mmmmm! These are my favorite of the cookies mom makes every Christmas.

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 6 tablespoons strawberry preserves, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Beat shortening, white sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
2. Mix milk and vinegar together and let stand 5 minutes to make 'sour milk'. Stir sour milk, eggs, and vanilla extract into shortening mixture.
3. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl. Mix flour mixture into shortening mixture until incorporated. Refrigerate until fully chilled, 2 hours to overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. Roll dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface; cut into 2-inch rounds using a cookie cutter. Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves into the center of half the cookies; cover with remaining cookies. Lightly press edges of cookies together using a fork. Cut criss-cross slits into the top of each cookie using a knife. Arrange cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are golden, 13 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories153.3
• carbohydrateContent23.2 g
• cholesterolContent10.5 mg
• fatContent6.2 g
• fiberContent0.3 g
• proteinContent1.7 g
• saturatedFatContent1.6 g
• sodiumContent119.7 mg
• sugarContent13.7 g