Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter 2 baking sheets. Using electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Beat in egg yolks, lemon extract and salt. Add flour in 2 additions and beat just until moist clumps form. Gather dough together in bowl to bind dough. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls on prepared baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. Using finger or handle-end of a wooden spoon, make deep indentation in center of each ball. Fill indentations with scant 1/2 teaspoon jam or jelly.
Bake cookies until firm to touch and golden on bottom, about 22 minutes. Remove from oven. Transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Store between sheets of waxed paper in airtight container at room temperature. Cookies will soften slightly.)
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Add miniature chocolate chips to dough and substitute almond extract for the lemon to make a linzer type cookie.