OLD FASHIONED BUTTER VALENTINE COOKIES DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE

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This is my mother's recipe. She handed it down to me years ago and I have been making it with a few of my own changes for about 25 years now.

Provided by LoriLouise

Categories     Desserts     Cookies

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup white sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup seedless raspberry jam
4 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter

Steps:

  • Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; set aside.
  • Beat the 1 cup butter with the sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla extract in another bowl until well mixed.
  • Gradually mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
  • Shape the dough into a disk; wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  • Working with half the dough at a time, roll out dough to about 1/8-inch thick.
  • Cut into cookies with a large heart shaped cookie cutter. Repeat with the remaining half of the dough.
  • Cut the center of half of the cookies with a smaller heart shaped cookie cutter.
  • Place an open centered cookie on top of a whole cookie to form a sandwich. Arrange cookies on an ungreased baking sheet; set aside.
  • Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  • Place the raspberry jam in a microwave save bowl and heat on high until jam is runny, about 35 seconds.
  • Fill the center of the cookies with the jam. Refrigerate cookies for 10 minutes.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are firm to the touch, 5 to 8 minutes. Cookies will be pale in color.
  • Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Melt the chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting until smooth, for 1 to 3 minutes, depending on your microwave.
  • Spoon chocolate decoratively over half of each cookie.
  • Place cookie on a waxed paper lined baking sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate has set, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 201.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25.9 g, Cholesterol 30.7 mg, Fat 10.4 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 6.4 g, Sodium 134.3 mg, Sugar 13.2 g

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