Recipe Ischl Tartlets (Christmas)

Required Ingredients:

• 2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 (12 ounce) jar raspberry preserves
• 1/8 cup confectioners' sugar

Preparing/Cooking:

• Sift flour and baking powder onto waxed paper.
• Beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, and egg until fluffy.
• Add flour mixture and blend.
• Stir in ground almonds and lemon rind.
• Turn dough out on waxed paper and shape into ball.
• Chill several hours.
• Cut dough in half.
• Roll out to 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured board.
• Cut out with 3-inch cookie cutter (bottom), repeat with remaining dough and cut small hole in center of these (top).
• Bake in a 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for about 10 minutes, and cool.
• Heat preserves in saucepan.
• Spread heated preserves on bottom cookie.
• Put on top cookie and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
• Fill center of cookie with preserves.

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