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Vintage Jam-Filled Cookies
Photo: Molly Mears

Vintage Jam-Filled Cookies

12 ingredients 20 min + 10 min 36 openrecipes
Vintage Jam-Filled Cookies

This recipe is among the oldest Christmas cookie recipes that we make. It is from Everywoman’s Magazine in 1957. The dough is one of the easiest cut-out cookie recipes I have ever worked with. It is a family favorite!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

790
Calories
21g
Protein
19g
Fat
131g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Fruit not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups FOR THE COOKIES:
  • 1 teaspoon Flour
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 cup Salt
  • 1 cup Butter
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 2 Brown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Eggs
  • 1 cup Vanilla
  • ¼ cups FOR THE FRUIT FILLINGS:
  • 1 cup Cherry Preserves
  • ¼ cups Blanched Slivered Almonds, Chopped

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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