Strawberry Filled Butter Almond Cookies with Lemon Glaze

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cups butter (room temperature)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1tsp almond extract
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup strawberry jam (not preserves)
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 tsp lemon juice

Preheat oven to 375*

Beat butter, granulated and brown sugars on medium speed until well blended. Add egg and almond extract, beating until blended. SLOWLY add flour and salt, mixing until combines. Form dough into 1 inch balls, placing on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart (IMPORTANT: Do NOT overwork dough when rolling, as this will dry out your cookies)

Using your finger, press into the center of each cookie, making a well. Fill each well with 1/4-1/2 tsp of strawberry jam. Bake 9-11 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.

While cookies are baking, stir together powdered sugar and 2tsp lemon juice; if necessary (for me it always is), add additional lemon juice to get drizzling consistency. Remove cookies from oven and drizzle with lemon glaze. (I usually remove cookies from pan and place them on a cooling rack with towels under them prior to the drizzle step to avoid pouring sugar on my pans... it could be a pain to clean up). Makes 2 dozen cookies