PEANUT-BUTTER-AND-JAM HEART COOKIES

Peanut-Butter-and-Jam Heart Cookies image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 1h15m

Yield Makes about 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 large egg
1/3 cup raspberry jam, stirred to loosen

Steps:

Whisk together flour, bakingpowder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Beatbutter and sugars with a mixeron medium speed until pale andfluffy. Beat in peanut butter,then egg. Reduce speed to low,and beat in flour mixture untildough forms. If dough is sticky,refrigerate for 5 to 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rolldough into 1 1/2-inch balls (about2 tablespoons each). Arrange onparchment-lined baking sheets,spacing 1 1/2 inches apart. Pressinto 1 3/4-inch rounds. Press heartsinto centers using your fingertips.Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Bake for 12 minutes. Removefrom oven, and reshape heartsusing your fingertips or thehandle of a wooden spoon. Fillindentation of each with agenerous 1/2 teaspoon jam to forma heart. Bake until cookiesare firm, 6 to 7 minutes more.