Butter Cookie Love Letters

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter

  softened to room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• granulated sugar

  for sprinkling
• strawberry jam

Instructions

• 1 Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the salt, vanilla, and
  egg; continue to beat until combined. Gradually add the flour until just
  combined with no flour streaks. The dough will be on the softer side.
• 2 Between 2 sheets of parchment paper, roll the dough to 1/4 – 1/8 inch thick. The
  dough mustn't be too thick for the best-shaped cookies. Refrigerate for 30
  minutes to chill the dough.
• 3 Once chilled, remove from the refrigerator and remove the parchment paper. Use a
  sharp knife or square pastry cutter [https://amzn.to/3Slb7VC] and cut the dough
  into 4-inch squares (or diamond shapes). Transfer shapes to parchment lined
  baking sheets. With the remaining dough, cut heart shapes using a mini
  heart-shaped cookie cutter.
• 4 Rotate the cookies into a diamond shape. Spoon 1-2 teaspoons of jam into the
  middle of each cookie square. Fold the two sides and bottom corners into the
  center to form an open envelope. Press the corners into the jam to seal and top
  with the mini heart shape and sprinkle with sugar.
• 5 Chill the shaped cookies in the refrigerator as you preheat the oven to 350℉.
  Then, bake, one sheet at a tme, until the cookies are light and golden, about
  15-17 minutes. Let cool completely before serving or storing.

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