plum jam cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup plum preserves

Recipe

• preheat oven to 375 degrees f( 190 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. beat in the egg and water. sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the butter mixture until well blended.
• on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. cut with a 2 inch round cookie cutter. put half of the cookies a cookie sheet and spread 1/2 of a teaspoon of plum jam in the center of each one. with a thimble, or small cookie cutter , cut the center out of the remaining cookies. place these on top of the jam topped cookies to make sandwiches. press together. bake cookies for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool.