A favorite Christmas Cookie made by Nonna. They are very pretty, too. Use a variety of jelly - raspberry, strawberry, grape, and peach.
Cream:
1 lb. butter
3/4 C sugar
Add and mix thoroughly:
2 eggs
Add slowly:
5 C flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 C wine
Refrigerate, roll out about 1/4" and cut into flowers, diamonds, circles, spades...etc. Match bottom of cookie with same shaped mate with a hole in the center for the jelly to show through.
Bake at 350 F for 15-20 minutes. until barely brown on the edges, Cover bottoms with jelly, gently place tops with holes on the jelly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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