Grandmother's Jelly Cookies

Grandmother's Jelly Cookies 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup butter or regular margarine, softened 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 3 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp salt 3/4 cup jelly preserves In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla. Beat well. Stir in the flour and salt. Mix well. Stir to make a smooth dough. If batter gets too hard to handle, mix well hands. Cover and refrigerate about two hours. Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease baking sheets. On a lightly floured board, roll out half of the dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter. Roll out remianing dough. Cut with a 2 1/2 inch cutter with a hole in the middle. Place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool about 30 minutes. To serve, spread preserves on the plain cookies and top with cookies that have the hole in the middle. Yield: about 3 dozen cookies Diabetic Recipes Diabetic Recipes Diabetic Recipes Diabetic Recipes