Reviewed: May 23, 2012

I love these cookies! They were my favorite as a kid. Simple, easy and an inexpensive cookie to make. I did add a dash of salt to the dough for flavor and some vanilla powdered extract. Love these; I am going to try different jelly centers.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

These cookies are phenomenal!!! So simple and, yet, perfect! The cookies taste like buttery sugar air. I couldn't help myself from adding vanilla extract, but I'm betting it's unnecessary. I tend to pay attention to reviews, so I used raspberry jam to fill half of my cookies because the vast majority proclaimed raspberry the filling front-runner! I'm here to tell you, at least in my case, the vast majority is WRONG!! I filled the other half of my cookies with lemon curd, and they FLEW off the plate!! During our Easter celebration, I actually heard my husband say, "Aww!! Raspberry is dumb!! Where'd all the lemon go?" This from a man who usually spurns anything without chocolate. Lemon curd for the win!!

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kp_jordan

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2012

Just based on the flavor and texture of the cookie, I'd give it a 5. However, here's what I experienced that brought it down to a 3. First of all, I just barely made it to 3 1/4 dozen, not the 6 dozen the recipe says. I measured the dough balls evenly with a 1-inch cookie scoop and made the indentations with a round 1/2-teaspoon measuring spoon dipped in flour (the dough is rather sticky). For the first batch I put in a heaping 1/2 teaspoon (measuring spoon) of the jam like it said. Way too much. 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon, level or slightly rounded is fine. Also, let the cookies cool on the sheets 1-2 minutes before taking them off. They'll fall apart on you otherwise. Other than the problems above, these cookies are really good.

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Shari

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Hayward, California, USA

Living In: San Leandro, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2012

These rock!! When I was a kid a bakery I went to made these gems. This recipe brought me back to my childhood. Thank you.

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TAMI426

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012

Easy and quick. i made a bunch, experimented with different jelly's. the strawberry was my favorite, orange good, peach good. Dulce de leche = great (added after baked to plain ones)

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nick17gar

Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2012

Perfect addition to my christmas cookies and so...... easy

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Pam

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2012

So easy and tasty. Couldn't believe the simplicity of the recipe.

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Claire

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nutley, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Flanders, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2012

These were super simple. Why they weren't as good as they should have been, I didn't factor this into my rating. The reason being was I used olive based margarine which is something I will never do again in any form of baking whatsoever. Even despite that, these were delicious!

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Noel King

Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2012

very nice and simple cookie, great they have no eggs too! added 1 tsp vanilla, chilled for about 30 minutes, used my 1 tbsp scoop and got 37 cookies, baked 12 minutes on silpat lined sheets, used apricot and blueberry jam. I made again using toffee bits, added 4 ounces, filled with melted chocolate, made 40 cookies using 1 tbsp scoop, really good!

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