Mix powdered sugar, butter, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract and salt with mixer. Fold in flour with spoon and make ingredients into a large ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Pinch off pieces of dough, roll into small balls with your hands. I pinch off about a tablespoon of dough for each cookie. Have the 1/3 cup of granulated sugar in a bowl. Roll the balls in the sugar and place on a baking sheet.
I use the end of a wooden spoon to make a hole in the middle of the cookie balls. You can use your thumb or whatever works for you. Add your favorite jams, preserves or jellies to the center hole in each cookie. Bake in a 325 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes.
I used blackberry jam and apricot preserves in this recipe. Makes about 2 dozen cookies depending on the size you make them.
Notes
You can use one and one half teaspoons vanilla extract in the recipe if you don’t have the almond extract.