"Split Second" Cookies

More than 30 years ago, the magazine Taste of Home was launched in the United States. Its concept was unique at the time — the recipes were submitted by home cooks rather than professional chefs. Over the years, the magazine gained enormous popularity and grew into a major publishing brand featuring magazines, cookbooks, and other culinary publications. The recipe for these cookies first appeared in the pages of Taste of Home many years ago 

Ingredients

• 170 g unsalted butter, room temperature

• 2/3 cup sugar (165 g)

• 1 egg

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 cups flour (250 g)

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 cup jam (I used strawberry jam)

• pinch of salt

Steps

1. Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer until light and creamy

2. Continuing to beat, add the egg and vanilla

3. Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, and mix into a dough. The dough will be very easy to work with

4. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions

5. Roll each portion into a log measuring approximately 30 × 5 cm (12 × 2 inches) on a lightly floured surface

6. Using your finger, make a groove down the center of each log

7. Fill the grooves with jam

8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 15 minutes

9. Allow the cookies to cool slightly, then cut into individual pieces