Grandma Dames’ Currant Jelly Cookies

Ingredients:

· 1 cup butter

· 1 tsp vanilla

· ½ cup sugar

· 1 egg yolk

· 2 ½ cups flour

· 1 small jar of red currant jelly

· Vanilla frosting (preferably homemade buttercream)

Directions:

· Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar.

· Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla into the creamed butter and sugar.

· Then add the flour.

· Chill the dough for at least an hour

· Roll out the dough and cut into strips.

· Bake at 350 degrees, until the cookies are browned.

· Remove the cookies and fill the centers with the currant jelly.

· Frost the sides with vanilla frosting — if desired.

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