Ingredients
1/2
cup slivered almonds
1
cup butter, softened
1
cup powdered sugar
2
cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/4
teaspoon salt
1/4
teaspoon ground cloves
1/4
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2
cup seedless blackberry preserves
Preparation
Heat oven to 350°F. Spread almonds in ungreased shallow pan. Bake uncovered 6 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
In food processor, place almonds. Cover; process 30 seconds or until finely ground.
In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating well.
In medium bowl, mix flour, salt, cloves, cinnamon and almonds; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. On cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Press thumb into each ball, forming indentation.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 30 minutes. Spoon preserves into resealable freezer plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off tiny corner of bag; squeeze bag to pipe preserves into indentation in each cookie.
