Jam Sandwich Cookies
These jam filled sandwich cookies are crunchy shortbread cookies filled with jam! Also called linzer cookies, they make the Holiday's a little more festive!
Ingredients
Jam Sandwich Cookies:
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- raspberry jam
Instructions
How to make Jam Sandwich Cookies:
- Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, salt and vanilla. Slowly mix in the flour over low speed until a soft dough forms.
- Flatten dough into a disc. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a 1/4" thickness and cut out the desired shape of the cookie. Continue to roll out dough using the scraps. Transfer cookies to a baking sheet and cut out the middles on half of the batch.
- Bake 6-8 minutes in pre-heated 375 degree oven.
- Dust powdered sugar on the centered cut cookies and place 1/2 tsp of raspberry jam on the whole cookies. Gently sandwich together and refrigerate until needed.
