New Zealand Holly Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup raspberry jam
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 -3 teaspoons milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• red cinnamon candies
• green food coloring

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt.
• 2 cut in margarine (like pie dough).
• 3 make a well in the center of the dough.
• 4 combine egg and 1/4 cup milk and pour them into the well.
• 5 stir dough until moist.
• 6 flour a flat surface and roll dough out to 1/8" thick.
• 7 cut into 2" circles.
• 8 bake at 375°f for 8-10 minutes.
• 9 place on a rack to cool.
• 10 once cooled, place 1/2 tsp jam on the bottom of one cookie.
• 11 cover the jam with another cookie, ie cookie- jam- cookie.
• 12 in a small bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to make a glaze.
• 13 glaze the top of one side of each double cookie and place 2-3 cinnamon candies into the glaze.
• 14 the candies are to be the holly berries.
• 15 allow glaze to set.
• 16 use a small clean paintbrush to paint several holly leaves and a stem on each cookie using green food coloring.