Austrian Jam Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup raspberry jam

1. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla and egg yolk; mix until fluffy. Stir in the flour, and refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F ( 150 degrees C ). Grease cookie sheets.
3. Measure out the dough by teaspoonfuls, and roll into balls. Dip the balls into chopped almonds and set on the prepared cookie sheet 1 inch apart. With a finger, make an indention in each cookie, fill the indention up with jam using a teaspoon or a pastry bag. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, cookies should be golden brown. Remove from pan after baking to cool on a wire rack.

butter, white sugar, vanilla, egg yolk, flour, almonds, raspberry jam

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/11550/austrian-jam-cookies/ (may not work)