JEWEL BOX COOKIES

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Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 6

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•1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
•1/3 cup sugar
•1/2 cup butter, softened
•1 large egg yolk, beaten
•1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•1/4 cup Smucker's® Cherry Preserves, or your favorite jam or preserves

Steps:

COMBINE flour and sugar in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until coarse crumbs form. Add beaten egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until dough holds together. 2SHAPE into small balls using half teaspoonfuls. Place 1-inch apart on cookie sheet. Make small indentation in center of each cookie. Chill 20 minutes.3HEAT oven to 350°F. Fill each cookie with scant 1/4 teaspoon jam, jelly or preserves. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until just golden around the edges.TIPFor added sparkle, unbaked cookies may be rolled in coarse bakery sugar crystals before being placed on cookie sheet to chill.