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I made variations to my friend's recipe to come up with this version. Family and friends look forward to me baking these each Christmas.

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Raspberry Dreams Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 54 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 drop lemon juice
5-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
FILLING:
1 jar (12 ounces) raspberry preserves
ICING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 drop lemon juice
1 drop red food coloring, optional
1 to 2 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and lemon juice. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Divide dough into three portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Spread raspberry preserves on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
For icing, combine the sugar, lemon juice, food coloring if desired and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cookies. Yield: about 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 148 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 34 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Raspberry Dreams in Best of Country Cookies , p98

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Reviewed on Apr. 02, 2013 by Elizabeth Woodford

I first made this recipe one Christmas as an attempt to replicate some of my favorite cookies from a bakery in Minnesota. All my family agreed that these tasted extremely similar, and are now a new favorite. The only thing is that due to the sandwiching process they are a bit more time-consuming, but my family thinks that the results are well worth the extra time.

Reviewed on Feb. 08, 2010 by adams187

Something is missing. There is not enough liquids. The dough was so dry after adding the flour, I couldn't even form balls let alone roll it. I ended up adding more lemon juice.