Spitzbuben - Jam Sandwich Cookie

Ingredients

• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 3 ¹⁄₂ cups flour, plus more for dusting
• ¹⁄₂ tsp kosher salt
• ¹⁄₄ cup jam of choice ( see some here)
• Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions

1. Heat oven to 325°. Beat butter and sugar with a hand mixer until fluffy. Add vanilla and egg; beat. Add flour and salt; mix. Transfer dough to a floured surface, form into a disk, roll until ¹⁄₄" thick. Using a 2" fluted round cutter, cut out cookies and transfer to parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spaced 2" apart. Chill for 30 minutes. Using a 1 ¹⁄₄" plain round cutter, cut out centres of half the cookies; take centres and bake mini cookies or roll them bake into the dough . Bake cookies until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes; cool.
2. Dust cookie rings with confectioners' sugar. Place 1 tsp. jam in centre of each whole cookie; spread to within ¹⁄₃″ of edge. Top each with a cookie ring.