Holiday baking made easy

With the hustle and bustle of the holidays, who has time to bake?

The Kangaroostaurant in Appleton can help you out.

Owners Jay and Kelly Barnes were on Tuesday's Good Day Wisconsin to talk about their ideas for holiday baking.
 

Jam Thumbprint Cookie
Biesack Family Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup (1/2 pound) butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 large egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup jam (any flavor you like) Mudd Creek Raspberry Lemon Drop used on Good Day Wisconsin

Directions:

In large bowl with mixer at medium speed, cream butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla.

Gradually add flour and salt.

Form a disc with the dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Remove dough from frig and roll dough into 1 inch balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Using thumb, make a depression in the center of each dough ball.

Bake 10 minutes.

Remove pans and remake the thumb depression. Fill each cookie with jam and put back in oven for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove cookies from pan and cool on rack.