Valentine Linzer Heart Cookies
A delicious layered cookie that resembles a sugar cookie or shortbread cookie, topped with jam and powdered sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c butter (3 sticks)
- 1 1/2 c sugar
- 2 tbs vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 4 c flour
- raspberry jam
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F
- in a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy
- add eggs, beat well
- slowly add in flour and baking powder while mixing
- roll out cookie dough on a floured surface with a rolling pin
- cut out hearts using the larger cookie cutter
- using the smaller cookie cutter, cut out a smaller heart in half of the larger hearts. Use the small heart cutout to re-roll more dough, or bake and enjoy without filling
- bake at 325°F for 8-11 minutes
- remove cookies from oven and place on cooling rack
- once cookies have cooled, use a spoon to ladle the jam on the larger cookies that do not have a smaller heart cut in them
- place the heart with the smaller heart cut out, on top of the jam filled cookie
- dust with powdered sugar and enjoy!
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