from Baking Bites


3/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 large egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp almond extract

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

approx 1/2 cup red jam (raspberry/strawberry)

Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and a bit airy. Beat in egg and extracts. 
Add flour and salt to the bowl and mix them into the butter-sugar mixture at low speed until dough is just combined.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.


Preheat oven to 325F. Divide dough in half and keep the portion you are not using in the refrigerator.
 Roll dough out on a floured surface until it is about 1/8-inch thick. Use a cookie or biscuit cutter to cut out 2-inch rounds.


Place rounds on a baking sheet, put a teaspoon of jam on each of them and cover with another round of dough. Press edges down lightly, sealing the edges together. Use a toothpick and poke two small holes (like a vampire bite) in the top of each cookie.
 Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are set.


Cool for about 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
 Dip a toothpick in some extra red jam and re-insert in the “bite” holes you made before baking to emphasize them, if not already red. Draw a blood trick down from one of the bites with the jam, if desired.
Cookies are best the day they are made.

Makes 2 dozen.

Nat's Notes:
1. I don't like almond extract, so I left it out.

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