Viennese Cookies

Viennese Cookies
 
 1 cup margarine
 1 cup Sugar
 1 Egg
 1 teaspoon Almond extract
 1 teaspoon Grated lemon rind
 1 3/4 cups Flour
 1/2 cup Ground almonds
 1/2 teaspoon Tsp salt
 Kraft Pure Strawberry; Grape preserves
 Confectioners sugar

Instructions:

Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in egg, almond extract and lemon rind. Add flour, almonds and salt; mix well. Chill. Heat oven to 375ºF.  Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness; cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter. Cut small hole in center of half the cookies. Bake at 375ºF.  on ungreased cookie sheets 5 to 7 minutes or until set. Cool. Sprinkle cookies with hole in center with confectioners sugar. Spread bottom of remaining cookies with approximately 1/2 tsp preserves. Top with sugar covered cookies. Makes approximately 5 dozen cookies.