Raspberry Shortbread Valentine Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 2 sticks butter, softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 Tbs brown sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup raspberry preserves (or jam)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 Tbs heavy whipping cream
Instructions
  1. Cream the butter and sugars together
  2. Add in the flour and salt, mix until soft dough forms
  3. Roll out the dough using a rolling pin (flour the surface and rolling pin)
  4. Cut large hearts using a cookie cutter, in half of them cut a smaller heart out of the middle using a smaller cookie cutter
  5. Place on cookie sheet
  6. Spread raspberry preserves over the hearts that don't have the center cut out
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  8. Place baking sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes (helps hearts keep shape)
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes
  10. Spread a little preserves or jam over whole hearts again (to use as glue)
  11. Place hearts with center cut out over the whole hearts
  12. After cookies have cooled, make icing
  13. Mix whipping cream with powdered sugar
  14. Spread over tops of hearts
Recipe by Seeing Sunshine at https://seeingsunshine.com/2014/02/06/raspberry-shortbread-valentine-cookies/