Nutjammer Cookies Food

NUTJAMMER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese.
• Add flour and baking powder. Mix to form a dough. Chill dough for 2 to 3 hours.
• Mix nuts, jam, and sugar for filling.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Divide dough into 4 equal parts, working with one-quarter of the dough at a time. Refrigerate remaining dough.
• Roll dough very thin on lightly floured board. Cut into 2-inch squares and place on baking sheet. Put 1 teaspoon of nut filling in center of square and top with another square of dough. Press edges together with a floured fork.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly and dust with confectioners' sugar.

NUTMEG SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1/2 cup butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar until smooth.
• Add oil, egg, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
• In a medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt.
• Stir into butter mixture, then beat until well blended.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and freeze until dough is firm, about 1 hour.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
• Press each cookie with the lightly floured tines of a fork to flatten slightly.
• Bake cookies in a 350° regular or convection oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking.
• Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.