Homemade Flower Cookies

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   Preheat oven to 200 C degrees.

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   Mix baking powder and flour, sift well.

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   In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar, beat well .

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   Add 1/2 of the beaten egg and vanilla, beat well. Then, mix in the flour mixture. It will be stiff so you may want to stir with a wooden spoon.

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   Cover the dough and refrigerate for one hour or until easy to handle.

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   On a well-floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thickness using a rolling pin.

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   You need three cookie cutters for this (one flower shaped cookie cutter that is about 2 -1/2 inches across, the second needs to be a circle that is about 1 inch across, and the third should be a circle that is about 3/4 inch across).

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   Using the flower shaped cookie cutter, cut 15 cookies. Next using the second round shaped cookie cutter, cut 15 more round cookies. After that, take the round cookies and cut a round shape out of the middle of that cookie using the third cutter. Now separate the middle, smallest size round.

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   Next brush the medium sized cookie circle with some of the remaining beaten egg, then place that over the top of the flower cookie.

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    Place cookies in a greased muffin tray. Place one tablespoon of jam in the middle of the inner circle of each cookie. Bake 8 minutes until light golden. I've done this in the photo above.

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    Serve and enjoy.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.