Jam sandwich cookies

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Cream together the butter and icing sugar.

Add the vanilla extract and egg yolk and beat the mixture well.

Gradually mix in the flour and salt until you have a firm dough.

Do not overwork the mixture.

Shape the dough into a flat disc and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. 

Dust a rolling pin and your work area with flour.

Roll out your dough to 3mm thickness. 

Use a fluted or plain round cutter (about 5cm or 6cm in diameter) to cut out your biscuit shapes. 

Then use a second smaller cutter (eg. heart or flower) to cut out the centres of half the biscuits.

Place the biscuits about 2cm apart on a lightly greased baking tray. 

Bake for 12-15 mins, until the biscuits are just turning golden.

Allow the biscuits to cool on the tray for a few minutes, then place on a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Once the biscuits have cooled, sift icing sugar over the biscuits with the cut out centres.

Place about a teaspoon of jam onto each of the solid biscuits, then place a cut-out biscuit on top and sandwich together.

Store the jam sandwich biscuits in an airtight container for a few days.

Reprinted with the permission of The Sweet Rebellion.

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