Raspberry Cream Sandwich Cookies

Perfect with a cup of tea

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
• 6 ounces (1 cup) fresh raspberries
• 7 1/2 ounces best-quality white chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

Instructions

STEP 1:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

STEP 2:

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STEP 3:

mix butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg, extract, and vanilla seeds; mix until smooth. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture.

STEP 4:

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STEP 5:

scoop batter using a flat (not mounded) 1-inch ice cream scoop; space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

STEP 6:

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STEP 7:

bake cookies 4 minutes. Remove from oven; gently tap baking sheets on counter to flatten cookies. Return to oven, switching positions of sheets; bake until cookies are just set, 4 to 6 minutes more. Let cool on parchment on wire racks.

STEP 8:

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STEP 9:

puree raspberries and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a food processor. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a small bowl, pressing to extract juice; discard seeds. Set mixture aside.

STEP 10:

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STEP 11:

melt white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat; whisk in cream in a slow stream. Slowly whisk in reserved raspberry mixture. Refrigerate up to 30 minutes.

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STEP 13:

spread 1 heaping teaspoon raspberry cream on the undersides of half the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies.