Ms. Kratochvil’s Raspberry Ribbons

INGREDIENTS:

Cookies

• 1 cup of softened, room temperature butter (2 sticks)
• ½ cup white, granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 ¼ teaspoons pure vanilla extract (or almond!)
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Filling

• Raspberry preserves (any preserves will do!)

Glaze

• ½ cup of powdered sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 1 Tablespoon of milk (more or less depending on consistency)
• ¼ teaspoon of pure vanilla extract (or almond!)

DIRECTIONS:

Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Cream together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
• Add egg and vanilla, mix until incorporate
• Add flour, baking powder, and salt, mix until dough forms
• On a parchment paper lined baking shape, form thee dough into two “logs,” indenting a “well” down the center horizontally
• Fill the well with raspberry preserves
• Bake for about 20 minutes until edges start to lightly brown
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool
• Cut cookies vertically along the log

Glaze

• Combine powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt until glaze comes together
• Drizzle glaze on top of cookies