Cream Cheese Cookies....

Ingredients:

* 2 Eggs
* ½ tsp Salt
* 4 cups Flour
* 1 tsp Baking powder
* 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
* Confectioner's Sugar
* ½ cup Raspberry jam
* ½ cup unsalted Butter
* 90 gms Cream cheese
* Grated peel of a Lemon
* 2 cups granulated Sugar





Method:

1. Cream butter, cream cheese, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Stir in vanilla and lemon peel.
4. Sieve flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into butter-cream cheese mixture.
5. Roll dough into a log about 18 inches long. Roll up, and seal ends.
6. To bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice dough into 3/8-inch-thick rounds and place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
7. Spoon halff a teaspoon jam in center of each cookie. Bake until firm on top and golden brown on underside (8 to 10 minutes).
8. Remove from baking sheet to a cooling rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Tip: To prepare Self Rising Flour - Mix 4 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons salt, 2 tablespoonsof double acting Baking powder . Store in lightly covered can or jar and use soon.