Apple butter filled cookies recipe in the cookie category

: Mix shortening, sugar and eggs then stir in cream and vanilla. Stir flour, soda and salt together until well blended. Stir into egg mixture. Chill for at least 1 hour. Roll dough about 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured cloth covered board. Cut into 2 1/2 inch rounds. Place half the rounds on lightly greased cookie sheet. Top each with a rounded teaspoon of apple butter. Make slits in remaining rounds. Place over filled rounds and press edges together. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a 400 degrees F oven.