FUNFETTI STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES WITH A LINZER TART TWIST!

How about using 2 huge sprinkle cookies as the shortcakes in your strawberry shortcakes?  Your kids will thank you!!!!!  Click here for my fabulous sprinkle cookie recipe.  Once they are baked, (I used the ginormous size-7 ounces of dough per cookie. Feel free to down size lol) use a cookie cutter to cut out the center of one cookie. The bottom cookie should be left whole.  Lay the whole cookie on a plate. Top with berries and cream.  Place the cut cookie on top to create a Linzer Tart look!  Dig in!

HERE IS ANOTHER TWIST! USE THE CUT OUT CENTERS AND TOP THEM WITH COTTON CANDY SHERBERT, SOME CHOCOLATE SAUCE AND MORE SPRINKLES!!!

SHORTBREAD HEARTS FILLED WITH JAM

 

COOKIE INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups soft butter

2 C. SUGAR

4 EGGS

1 TSP. VANILLA

5 C. FLOUR

2 TSP. BAKING POWDER

1 TSP. SALT

Raspberry AND apricot jam for filling

Directions

1. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Cut centers out of half.  Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment line cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.  Put jam on solid shapes. Dust cut out halves with powdered sugar and top them together!

CHOCOLATE DIPPED & JAM FILLED SHORTBREAD HEARTS

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS FILLED WITH COOKIES AND LOVE! AND MAY THOSE COOKIES BE SHORTBREADS DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE & FILLED WITH RASPBERRY JAM!

1 1/2 cups soft butter

2 C. SUGAR

4 EGGS

1 TSP. VANILLA

5 C. FLOUR

2 TSP. BAKING POWDER

1 TSP. SALT

 

Raspberry jam for filling

Melted chocolate for dipping

Directions

1. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Cut centers out of half.  Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment line cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.  put jam on solid shapes. top with cut-out center cookies and dip in chocolate!

LINZER HEARTS

Chocolate Dipped Linzer Hearts with Homemade Jam