Johnny Appleseed's Filled Cookies Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
1/2 c. soft shortening1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tbsp. cream (canned milk)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Thick apple butter
Cooking Directions
Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs together thoroughly. Stir flour, baking soda, and salt together. Stir into egg mixture. Chill at least 1 hour. Heat oven to 400 degrees.Roll dough about 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured board. Cut 2 1/2 inch rounds with a floured cookie cutter. Place half the round on lightly greased cookie sheet. Top each round with a rounded teaspoon of thick apple butter. Make slits in remaining rounds; place these rounds over the filled rounds and press edges together with tines of a fork. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 2 dozen cookies.
