3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour3 T baking powder
1/4 cup shortening
1/3 cup milk
1/4 t salt
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
Preheat oven to 400.
In large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs. Mix in milk and vanilla. Gradually blend in dry ingredients. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/2 inch thick. (Don't worry if the look a little flat, remember all that baking powder?-they will puff.) Cut out cookies, place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Press fingertip in center of cookies. Fill with jelly, jam, or marshmallows. (Here you see Red Plum Jelly.) Bake at 12 to 15 minutes.
* The bakery where I grew up used to fill these with colored white chocolate.
*They could be filled with Kisses or dabs of icing.
*These are so cheap to make and can be dressed-up to fit into any occasion, plain or fancy!
*Fancy example: use cherry pie filling and spoon one cherry (with some of the filling) into the center and bake. When cooked and cool, drizzle melted chocolate over!
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