Sablés miroirs à la framboise
Raspberry Jam Window Cookies
Two tender vanilla cookies sandwiched with raspberry jam, with a little window on top to let the jam shine. The cookie every French child dreams of.
Equipment: 2 baking sheets, parchment paper, 2 1/2-inch fluted cutter and a small star or heart cutter
Contains: milk, eggs, wheat. Always check the labels of store-bought ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 stick + 2 1/2 tablespoons (150 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons (10 g) vanilla sugar (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
- 1 pinch fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/3 cups + 1 tablespoon (300 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 cup (200 g) seedless raspberry jam
- 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon (50 g) powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt for 1 minute. Beat in the egg.
- Mix in the flour and baking powder. Wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Roll 1/8 inch thick (see Rolling and Cutting Out Cookies) and cut out 30 fluted rounds. Cut a small window in the center of half of them.
- Bake on lined sheets for 9 to 11 minutes, until just golden at the edges. Cool completely.
- Dust the window cookies with powdered sugar.
- Spread 1 teaspoon of jam on each plain cookie, top with a window cookie and fill the window with a little more jam.
Olivier's tip
Assemble them a few hours before serving: the cookies soften slightly and become melt-in-your-mouth.
A word from Paris
In the Drôme, in southeastern France, the town of Romans-sur-Isère is famous for its “lunettes de Romans”, jam cookies with two round holes on top that look like a pair of eyeglasses.
French word of the day
lunettes
loo-NET
eyeglasses
