Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookie Sandwiches with Raspberry Jam
almond-flavored shortbread cookie sandwiches with raspberry jam and milk chocolate
yield: 12 cookie sandwiches
Ingredients
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- ½ lb salted cultured butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp pure almond extract
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- ½ cup raspberry jam
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 4 oz milk chocolate, melted
- toppings: finely chopped almonds, sprinkles, flaky sea salt, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Add the salted butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed for 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl as needed. Mix in the almond extract.
- Add the sifted flour in two additions, mixing until a smooth dough forms. Transfer the dough to a clean surface and shape it into a flat disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes. Transfer the dough to a clean surface and cut into 4 pieces so it’s easier to work with. Roll the dough into a ¼” sheet, letting it warm up as needed if it begins to crack (use your hands to keep pressing it together so it is smooth).
- Prepare a large and small snowflake (or other shape) cookie cutter. Use the large to cut approximately 24 cookies. Use an offset spatula to gently transfer half of the cookies to a cookie sheet. Use the small cutter to cut the center out of the remaining cookies. Transfer these cookies to another cookie sheet.
- Bake the cookies for about 8-10 minutes, until just lightly browned on the edges. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and cool completely.
- Turn the solid cookies over. Spread each one with about a teaspoon or so of raspberry jam. Dust half of the top cookies with powdered sugar. Dip the remaining top cookies into the melted milk chocolate and use the tip of a spoon to create a swirl pattern in the chocolate.
- Press the top cookies onto the bottom cookies. Drizzle the powdered sugar ones with melted chocolate. Decorate the chocolate ones with chopped almonds, sprinkles, flaky sea salt, etc.