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Blackberry Walnut Cookies
Carrie Barr
20 minutes
20 sandwich cookies
BeginnerAdapted from a recipe found on gourmet.com
Total Steps
3
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
7
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup walnuts, toasted, cooled, and finely chopped
- 1/2 cup seedless blackberry or raspberry jam(optional)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- confectioner's sugar
Instructions
1
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Blend together butter, sugars, vanilla, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl with a fork. Stir in flour and nuts (dough will be sticky).
2
Step 2
about 20 minutes
Form level tablespoons of dough into 40 balls and arrange 2 inches apart on 2 ungreased large baking sheets. Flatten balls to 1/3 inch thick using bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Bake, one sheet at a time, until edges are golden, about 20 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
3
Step 3
Spoon 1 teaspoon jam onto flat sides of 20 cookies, then sandwich with remaining cookies. Dust with confectioner's sugar.
Tools & Equipment
Oven
Mixing bowl
Fork
Large baking sheets
Glass
Cooling racks
Teaspoon
Tags
Holiday