Title: Patty ann's filled butter rings
 Categories: Christmas, Cookies
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
 
        1 c  Butter
      1/2 c  Granulated Sugar
        3 c  Flour
      1/2 ts Salt
        1 ts Vanilla Extract
        1    Jar Apricot Preserves (Or
  :          Your Favorite)
        4 X  Sugar
  
  Oven 400=B0 F.
  
  Cream butter and sugar until light.  Add flour and salt. Chill
  slightly and roll 1/8" thick between wax paper sheets. Roll only a
  small amount of dough at a time. Using a 2 1/2" cookie cutter, cut
  cookies. Cut centers out of half of cookies (I use my thimble to cut
  centers.) Bake all cookies on ungreased sheets at 400=B0 for 8 to 10
  minutes or less, until very lightly browned.  Cool on wire racks.
  Spread whole cookies with preserves, piled higher in center.  Top
  with cookie ring. Sprinkle with 4x sugar.
  
  Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.
  
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