Raspberry Linzer Cookies (Print Version)

Buttery shortbread cookies with peekaboo cutouts, filled with sweet raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar.

# Ingredients:

→ Cookie Base

01 - 1 cup butter, at room temperature
02 - ¾ cup icing sugar, sifted
03 - ¼ teaspoon salt
04 - ½ teaspoon vanilla
05 - 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

→ Filling

06 - ½ cup Italian raspberry jam

→ For Assembly

07 - Extra flour for rolling dough
08 - Extra icing sugar for dusting

# Steps:

01 - Preheat oven to 325°F. In stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat together butter, icing sugar, salt and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add flour to the mixture until just combined, until a ball of dough begins to form.
02 - Remove dough from stand mixer, and knead with your hands until a full ball forms, about 1 minute. Wrap in plastic wrap, and place in fridge for at least 30 minutes to harden for easier rolling.
03 - Roll out dough with a rolling pin to ¼ inch thickness, adding extra flour to your rolling surface and rolling pin if dough begins to stick. Using 3 inch circle cookie cutter, cut out circles, rerolling and cutting scraps as needed.
04 - Using 1½ inch cookie cutter, cut out shape in center of half of the circle cookies. Arrange whole and cutout cookies on parchment-lined baking sheet.
05 - Bake on top and bottom racks, rotating and switching pans halfway through, until edges are light golden, about 15-20 minutes.
06 - Remove cookies from the oven and let them cool. Spread jam over bottom of each whole cookie. Dust icing sugar over cutout cookies. Place cutout cookie on top of jam-covered cookie, sugar side up.

# Notes:

01 - Make sure the butter is at room temperature for proper incorporation.
02 - Sift the flour before mixing for better dough consistency.
03 - Work quickly when rolling and cutting as the high butter content causes the dough to soften rapidly.
04 - Any cookie cutter shape works for the center cutout - try Christmas trees, stars, or candy canes.
05 - Alternative jam flavors include strawberry, orange, fig, cherry, or apricot.

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