Berry Bird Nests

Name: Berry Bird Nests
Ingredients: 1 cup Softened Butter; 1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, Divided; 2/3 cups White Sugar; 2 cups Flour; 1/3 cups Seedless Raspberry Jam; 1 cup Powdered Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Half-and-Half Cream

7 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup Softened Butter
1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, Divided
2/3 cups White Sugar
2 cups Flour
1/3 cups Seedless Raspberry Jam
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon Half-and-Half Cream

Directions

1

Cream butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until light and fluffy, then stir in sugar and whip until smooth. Slowly stir in flour and mix until blended.
2

Roll dough into one inch balls and place a deep/narrow indentation in the center of each cookie. Fill center of each cookie with raspberry jam. ( I like to put mine in a Ziploc baggie and cut off the tip to do this. Much easier this way!)
3

Refrigerate cookies 1 hour.
4

Place cookies 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake 9 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and allow cookies to cool on wire rack.
5

Mix powdered sugar with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and half & half to form glaze. Pipe glaze onto cooled cookies!