Raspberry Filled Christmas Tree Cookies #Christmas #Cookies

I really like Christmas cookies adorned with royal icing however they’re an absolute ache to make.   you need to blend up numerous batches of icing for all of the unique hues you need, healthy multiple pastry bags with suggestions, after which carefully fill every bag with icing.

Because these are basically two character cookies sandwiched collectively you’ll need to roll the cookie dough out fairly thin – to a thickness of approximately 1/16 inch.  whilst rolling out cookie dough it’s every so often difficult to keep it an excellent thickness, specifically in case you’re seeking to roll it out skinny, such as you want to with these cookies.

The raspberry jam acts as the glue that holds the 2 cookies collectively and provides a scrumptious tart layer of flavor. Use the bottom of a consuming straw to reduce holes within the cookies so as to resemble adorns on every of the trees.  a few straws have bigger openings than others.

Raspberry Filled Christmas Tree Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ cup raspberry jam
• 1 teaspoon confectioner’s sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Cream the butter, sugar, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.
2. Upload the egg to mixture.
3. add the flour and blend till nicely mixed. Wrap in plastic wrap and kick back for at the least one hour.
4. Roll out the cookie dough on a floured counter to a thickness of 1/16 of an inch and stamp out fifty six cookies the usage of a Christmas tree cookie cutter that measures approximately 2 ½ inches huge by using 3 ½ inches excessive. vicinity the cookies on parchment covered sheet pans.
5. The usage of the lowest of a ingesting straw that has a ¼ inch beginning, make holes on half (28) of the Christmas timber. There ought to be about 9 or 10 holes on every cookie.
6. Bake at 350 tiers for 8-10 mins. Cool completely.
7. Spread a skinny layer of raspberry jam onto the lowest (flat aspect) of one of the cookies with out the holes and then top it with one of the cookies with holes, flat sides collectively. Press the cookies collectively gently. Repeat with the closing cookies. dust with confectioner's sugar.