Dolci Ripieni ( Italian )

this are little sweet filled cookies..

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 108 cookies

Ingredients

• 6  cups all-purpose flour
• 6  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 6  large eggs
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup canola oil
• 1⁄2  lemon, juice of
• 2 1⁄2 cups  peach jam (or your favourite filling...) or 2 1⁄2 cups  apricot jam (or your favourite filling...) or 2 1⁄2 cups chocolate (or your favourite filling...) or 2 1⁄2 cups  nuts (or your favourite filling...) or 2 1⁄2 cups figs (or your favourite filling...)

Directions

1. In a bowl sift the flour, powder and salt.
2. In another bowl mix, eggs with sugar and beat until light fluffy.
3. Now add the milk, oil, lemon juice,and combine well.
4. Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet ingredients,and mix with your hands until a ball of dough is formed.
5. Adding more milk, only if it seems too dry.
6. This will be a sticky and heavy dough.
7. Knead on floured surface until smooth.
8. Cover and rest 25 minutes.
9. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
10. Lightly grease your cookie sheet.
11. Divide the dough into 4 pieces and roll each one at a time into a 16 x 14 rectangle.
12. Using a pastry cutter cut into four strips about 3 1/2 inches and then again across by 2 inches.
13. Place a teaspoons.
14. of filling of choice onto centre of rectangle and then fold over, pinch closed and seal.
15. Place on baking sheet and bake 15 minutes to 20 minutes or until a light golden.
16. Remove and place on rack to cool.
17. This also can be rolled up like a jelly roll and then sliced into 1/4 inch rounds.
18. Or can be a bottom layer onto cookie sheet, spread filling, and then a second layer, and cut into squares-- The filling can be chocolate and nuts, jams, nutella, cooked fruit fillings--.