Raspberry Strippers
(from go panthers’s recipe box)
Think of these as a variation of thumbprint cookies. Vanilla butter cookies are filled with fruit preserves and drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.
Source: Cooking Light
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 24 people
Categories: Christmas - Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg white
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Cooking spray
- 1/3 cup raspberry or apricot preserves
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375°.
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Beat granulated sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and egg white; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stirring until well-blended. (Dough will be stiff.)
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Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Roll each portion into a 12-inch log. Place logs 3 inches apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Form a 1/2-inch-deep indentation down the length of each log using an index finger or end of a wooden spoon. Spoon preserves into the center. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove logs to a cutting board.
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Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and almond extract; stir well with a whisk. Drizzle sugar mixture over warm logs. Immediately cut each log diagonally into 12 slices. (Do not separate slices.) Cool 10 minutes; separate slices. Transfer slices to wire racks. Cool completely.
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Yield: 2 dozen
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LORIES 75 (30% from fat); FAT 2.5g (sat 1.5g,mono 0.7g,poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 0.7g; CHOLESTEROL 6mg; CALCIUM 4mg; SODIUM 56mg; FIBER 0.2g; IRON 0.3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 12.4g