Raspberry & White Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

Who doesn’t love shortbread?

And with the added touch of white chocolate and raspberry jam, what could be better?

Raspberry and White Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

Yields 13 cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup Confectioner’s sugar (icing sugar or powdered sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup white chocolate (optional but recommended)
1/3 cup raspberry jam

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F

Line your baking tray with parchment paper.

Using a hand mixer, cream the butter and icing sugar together for a couple of minutes.

Add the vanilla and salt and continue to mix until fully incorporated.

Add the flour gradually until your mixture has formed a dough.

Sprinkle some flour onto your surface and roll out the dough until it is about 1/8 inch thick.

Cut out your cookie shapes with a cookie cutter. On half the cookies, cut out a smaller heart shape in the center.

Place cookies on baking tray and place tray in the refrigerator to chill while the oven is preheating.

Bake the cookies 8 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.

On the cut out cookies, sprinkle a layer of icing sugar on top.

Once the cookies are cooled, melt the white chocolate. Then spread a layer of melted white chocolate on the full cookies (ones that are not cut out). Let the chocolate set slightly for 5-10 minutes.

Spread a layer of raspberry jam on top of the chocolate.

Place the cut out cookies on top. Be careful not to smudge the powdered sugar.