Raspberry Stars Recipe

• 1 cup Butter (softened)
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 3 cups All-purpose Flour
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 (8 ounce) jar Raspberry Preserves
• 2 cups Confectioners' Sugar
• 2 tsp Almond Extract

• Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
• Grease cookie sheets.
• Combine butter and white sugar in a large bowl and cream until smooth.
• Add in the egg and beat well.
• Mix all-purpose flour and salt together and stir in the egg mixture, to form stiff dough.
• Lightly flour a flat surface and roll half the dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
• Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into star shapes.
• Place the cookies onto the greased cookie sheet, 1-inch apart from each other.
• Place a teaspoon of raspberry jam on each cookie and spread towards the points of the stars.
• Roll out the remaining half dough and cut out stars of the same size.
• Cut holes in the center of each star and place them onto the prepared jam stars.
• Bake in the oven for 7 to 10 minutes, until the cookies turn golden around the edges.
• Remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and place them on wire racks to cool.
• Combine confectioners' sugar and almond extract together in a small bowl.
• Stir well to form a glaze. Add water if the mixture if too thick to drizzle.
• Drizzle the prepared glaze over the cooled cookies.