Mincemeat Filled Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 1/2 tbsp milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp soda
- 1 can mincemeat pie filling
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugars together until fluffy.
- Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well
- Sift dry ingredients together; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill well.
- Roll one forth of a dough at a time on a floured surface to 1/8" thickness.
- Cut with a 2 1/2" round cutter.
- Place cookies 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Combine pie filling and marmalade; place 1 tablespoon of mixture on each cookie.
- Roll one fourth of the dough as previous. Cut with 2 1/2" cutter and cut a small hole in center of each cookie with a small cutter.
- Place over filling, centering hole; seal edges by pressing with a fork.
- Bake in a moderately hot oven (375ยบ F) 10-12 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Makes 4 1/2 dozen cookies.
