Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 36 Categories:
Chocolate
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 2 1/3
cups
All-purpose flour 1
teaspoon
Baking powder 1/2
teaspoon
Cinnamon 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 1
cup
Sugar 3/4
cup
Butter,
softened
2
Eggs 1/2
teaspoon
Almond extract 1
package
NESTLE Toll House semi-sweet,
chocolate morsels (1
6
tablespoons
Raspberry jam or preserves
Confectioners' sugar
Directions:
In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
In large mixer bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in eggs and almond extract. Gradually add flour mixture. Divide dough in half. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm.
Preheat oven to 350'F. On lightly floured board, roll out half of dough to 1/8" thickness. Cut with 2 1/2" round cookie cutter. Repeat with remaining dough. Cut 1" round centers from half of unbaked cookies. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Reroll dough trimmings, if necessary.
Bake 8-10 minutes just until set. Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely.
Over hot (not boiling) water, melt Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels, stirring until smooth. Spread 1 measuring teaspoonful melted chocolate on flat side of each whole cookie. Top with 1/2 measuring teaspoon raspberry jam. Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on cookies with center holes; place flat side down on top of chocolate-jam cookies to form cookie sandwiches.
Makes about 3 dozen sandwich cookies.
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