Raspberry Filled Cookies

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40 min active · 1 hr 30 min total (times estimated)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sour cream (or 1 cup evaporated milk soured with vinegar)
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ sticks margarine (oleo)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 cups sifted flour
  • Raspberry jam (for filling)

Steps

  1. Cream sugar and margarine together until smooth.
  2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
  3. Mix in vanilla.
  4. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda.
  5. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream, mixing until a dough forms.
  6. Chill the dough for 1 hour.
  7. Roll dough out to ¼ inch thick.
  8. Cut rounds with a large round cookie cutter.
  9. Top each round with a dab of raspberry jam.
  10. Place a second cookie round on top and pinch the edges together to seal.
  11. Bake at 400°F for 10–15 minutes, or until brown.