cooper's kolacky cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 cups butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 cups any flavor fruit jam
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• in a medium bowl, blend the butter and cream cheese together. sift together the flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar and baking powder. stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. knead dough by hand for a few turns.
• on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. if dough is too sticky, refrigerate for 1/2 an hour. cut dough with a round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass. place about 1/2 teaspoon of the preserves into the center of each circle. close cookies by folding circles in half and pressing the edges with a fork to seal. place cookies an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
• in a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar with the cinnamon. roll cookies in the sugar mixture while they are still warm from the oven.