Ingredients
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1/2 cup raspberry jam or 1/2 cup jelly
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1 tablespoon Chambord raspberry liquor or 1 tablespoon kirsch
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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 cup butter, at room temperature
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2/3 cup sugar
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2 large egg yolks
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1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
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1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly butter 2 large baking sheets.
- In a small bowl, combine the jam and Chambord.
- Stir to combine.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt and whisk to blend.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Beat in the egg yolks, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla.
- Add the flour mixture in 2 additions and beat just until moist clumps form.
- Gather the dough together into a ball.
- Pinch off the dough to form 1-inch balls.
- Place on the prepared baking sheets, spacing 1-inch apart.
- Use your floured index finger or 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon to create depressions in the center of each ball.
- Fill each indentation with nearly 1/2 teaspoon of the jam mixture.
- Bake until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes (start watching the cookies at about 12 minutes though esp. since each oven is different).
- Transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.