PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY JEWELS

      Title: PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY JEWELS
  Categories: Biscuits, Desserts
       Yield: 5 Dozen
  
       1 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Baking soda
     1/8 ts Salt
     1/2 c  Firmly packed brown sugar
     1/4 c  Sugar
       1 c  Smooth peanut butter
     1/2 c  Butter, softened
       1    Large egg
     1/2 ts Vanilla extract
            Cherry preserves or Glace
            Cherries
  
   Sift together flour, soda and salt; set aside. Combine sugars in large
   mixer bowl. Add peanut butter and butter; beat until smooth and
   creamy. Add egg and extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour
   mixture just until blended. Refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour.
   Preheat oven to 375F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on
   unbuttered cookie sheets 1 1/2 inches apart. Use handle of wooden
   spoon to make deep indentation in center of each ball. Bake 10 to 12
   minutes or until lightly browned and set. Cool on cookie sheets until
   firm enough to lift. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Fill
   centers with cherry preserves or glace cherries.
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