Raspberry nut valentines
Instructions:
- 1 1/3 cups pecans, ground
- 1 cup (1/2 pound) butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- About 1/4 cup seedless raspberry jam
- Confectioners\' sugar.
- In large bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar until creamy; beat in vanilla extract.
- Gradually add pecans and flour, blending thoroughly.
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until easy to handle (1 to 2 hours) or for up to 3 days.
- On a floured board, roll out dough to a thickness of 1/8-inch.
- Cut out with a 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter and transfer to ungreased baking sheets, spacing about 1 inch apart.
- Cut out a hole in center of half of the cookies, using a tiny round cutter about 1/2 inch in diameter (you can use the cap from a vanilla extract or other extract bottle).
- Bake in a 375 degrees F oven for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Transfer to racks and let cool completely.
- Sift confectioners\' sugar over tops of cookies with holes; then spread bottom sides of remaining cookies with jam.
- Place a sugar-topped cookie on each jam-topped cookie to form a sandwich.
- Store airtight.
- Enjoy Raspberry nut valentines!