Patty Ann's Filled Butter Rings

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar granulated
• 3 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Jar apricot preserves (jam)
• 1 x powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
2. Cream butter and sugar until light.
3. Add flour and salt.
4. Chill slightly and roll 18 inch; thick between wax paper sheets.
5. Roll only a small amount of dough at a time.
6. Using a 2 1/2 inch; cookie cutter, cut cookies.
7. Cut centers out of half of cookies (I use my thimble to cut centers.)
8. Bake all cookies on ungreased sheets at 400F (200C) for 8 to 10 minutes or less, until very lightly browned.
9. Cool on wire racks.
10. Spread whole cookies with preserves, piled higher in center.
11. Top with cookie ring.
12. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
13. Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.

butter, sugar, flour, salt, vanilla, apricot preserves, powdered sugar

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/patty-anns-filled-butter-rings-38192 (may not work)