Tasty Holiday Fruit Cookies

Cookies that double equally well over a glass of red wine as they do as an after meal sweet are perhaps the very essence of culinary elegance. These tasty little treats, seasonal around the holidays and Autumn months, while not overly sweet are sure to become an instant favorite as a dessert item on first bite.

1 stick butter (softened)
3 cups flour
zest of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange
1 egg
1 cup sugar
½ baking soda
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup butter milk
1 teaspoon orange juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:

Favorite jam or preserve.

Preheat oven 375 degrees.

Combine dry ingredients, flour, nutmeg, sugar, and baking soda.

In separate bowl combine wet ingredients, buttermilk, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, egg, orange juice, and zests. Mix.

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Mold into ball and pat with flour. Wrap in kitchen towel and put in refrigerator over night.

Next day.

Cut into four pieces, take one piece and place remaining pieces back in refrigerator. Mold piece into ball, flour surface of work area, and roll out not too thin. Cut out circles (using cap of 30-ounce mayonnaise jar is perfect for cutting circles).

Place circles on non-stick cookie sheet. Fill middle of circles with about ¼ teaspoon jam, then pinch closed.