Butter Balls!

This recipe has been tested and well received by MANY of my workers!  Mary's Butterballs by Gale Gand!

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup flour

Filling
Cookie Butter (From Trader Joe's)
Raspberry Jam
Chocolate Ganache

Vanilla Sugar from The Spice Store in Evanston, IL.

Directions:
In a mixer, beat the butter for 3-5 minutes until it becomes light.  Mix in the sugar, and then add the flour.  Mix until a ball forms.  Wrap in plastic and chill for three hours. 

Take off pieces of dough, and roll into 3/4 inch balls.  Chill balls for 30 minutes in the freezer.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place the balls two inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.  They will spread!

Bake the balls for 13-15 minutes - watch like a hawk so the balls do NOT burn!

Let the cookies cool on the sheet.  Spread the flat face of the cooled cookie with one of the filings, and top with a second cookie.  Roll in the vanilla sugar.