Peekaberry Boos

Heat oven to 400ºF.

In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar and butter or margarine until light and fluffy. Add water, almond extract and eggs; mix well. (Mixture looks curdled at this point, but that’s the way it should look.)

Stir in flour, oats, soda, salt and cinnamon; mix well.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets approximately 2 inches apart. With back of spoon, make indentation in center of cookie. Fill in with approximately 1/2 teaspoon preserves. Drop scant teaspoonful cookie dough over preserves.

Bake 6–9 minutes or until light brown.

Yields 4 1/2-5 dozen.