Raspberry Diagonals

Name: Raspberry Diagonals
Yield: Makes 32 cookies
Ingredients: 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; ½ cup (3½ ounces; 99 grams), granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 2½ cups (12½ ounces; 354 grams), all-purpose flour; ¾ cup, seedless raspberry jam; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice; ¾ cup (3 ounces; 85 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon, hot water

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2023

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These buttery, jam-filled diamonds come together with ingredients that you probably have on hand.

SERVESMakes 32 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 55 minutes cooling and setting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our jam diagonals are a slightly more sophisticated form of thumbprint cookies, but they're even easier and quicker to make. We started by mixing together a simple shortbread dough, but instead of portioning, rolling, and filling individual...

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