Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sugar Cookie Stars

These are so easy - you can use your own sugar cookie dough if you want - but why bother? Get prepackaged dough and make it your own.

Makes 36 cookies
Hands-On Time: 35m
Total Time: 1hr 15m

Ingredients

* 1 18-ounce tube sugar cookie dough (such as Pillsbury)
* flour for the work surface
* 3/4 to 1 cup jam (any flavor)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350° F.

2. Cut the dough crosswise into 2 portions; refrigerate 1 portion. Roll the other one on a floured surface to 1/8 inch thick. Using a small (preferably 2-inch) star-shaped cookie cutter, cut the dough into cookies. Repeat with the remaining dough.

3. Bake until golden around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Repeat with the remaining dough, rerolling the scraps.

4. Turn half the cookies upside down and spread with about 1/2 teaspoon of jam each. Sandwich with the remaining cookies.

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