Vampire Cookies

** Recipe from Baking Bites **

* 3/4 c. butter, softened
* 1/2 c. sugar
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
* 1/8 tsp. almond extract
* 1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
* 1/4 tsp. salt
* approx 1/2 c. red jam (raspberry/strawberry)

Heat oven to 325.  In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg & extracts.  Add flour and salt & mix into butter-sugar mixture at low speed until dough is just combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap & refrigerate at least 1 hr.  Divide dough in half & keep the portion you are not using in refrigerator.  Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1/8" thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out 2" rounds.  Place rounds on a baking sheet, put a tsp. of jam on each of them and cover with another round of dough. Press edges down lightly, pinching edges onto cookie sheet. Use a toothpick & poke 2 small holes (like a vampire bite) in the top of each cookie.  Bake 10-12 min, until cookies are set.  Cool about 5 min. on baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Dip a toothpick in some extra red jam and re-insert in the “bite” holes you made before baking to emphasize them, if not already red. Draw a blood trickle down from one of the bites with the jam, if desired.  Cookies are best the day they are made.