Orange marmalade butter cookies

These cookies are a delight to eat,each bite has a slight crunch due to the rice pwd.The texture is soft inside and the center filled with home made orange marmalade adds a unique flavour to the freshly baked cookies!

Ingredients:
All purpose flour-2 cups,
White rice flour-1/4 cup,
White sugar-1/2 cup,
Baking pwd-1 tsp,
Salted butter-200 gms-chilled and cut into cubes,
Egg -1,
Vanilla essence-1 and 1/2 tsp,
Water-50 to 70 ml for binding,
marmalade or jam of your choice-1/3 cup.

Method:
Place flour,sugar,rice flour and baking pwd in a bowl.

Mix and then combine chilled butter.

Mix till they are like crumbs.

Add beaten egg and vanilla essence.

Mix and add 50 ml of water and make a stiff dough.
If required add more water.
Make a ball and divide the dough into half.

Roll each half between two sheets of butter paper or cling film which ever is convenient.I have used both to see the difference.Not much of a difference.

Roll about 1/4 inch thickness.

Place the sheets on a baking tray along with the butter paper in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Once chilled remove the top piece of paper and using a cutter cut out the cookies( can use 3 inch to 2 and half inch cookie cutter)

Use a small cookie cutter to cut out the centers of half the cookies.
Lightly brush the top of the whole cookies with the beaten egg and then gently press the cookies with the cut out on top.

Place on butter paper lined baking sheet,spacing the cookies about 2 inch apart.

Fill the cut out cookies with marmalade or jam.

Put the baking tray with the cut out cookies in the fridge while you pre heat oven to 400 F or 200 C.
After 10 minutes,take out the baking tray from the fridge and brush the top with beaten egg.

 Bake the cookies for 15 to 17 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

Gather the scraps and re roll again.
Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
 Remove the tray and let the cookies cool for 5 minutes,then remove the butter paper and let the cookies cool completely.

Makes 18 cookies.
Can be kept in a container for a month.