Raspberry Coconut Cookies
Raspberry Coconut Cookies: a delicious raspberry jam filled sandwich cookie with bits of sweet coconut flavor. A pretty cookie perfect for Valentines Day, cookie exchanges, and more!
Servings 16 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup shredded sweetned coconut
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Filling
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 tsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup raspberry preserves/jam/jelly
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Combine the flour, coconut, baking powder and salt, gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls.
- Place on baking sheets and flatten with a glass dipped in flour. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes or until edges begin to brown, begin to check at 10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
- In a small bowl beat the butter, confectioners sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Place ½ tsp preserves and a tsp of filling on the bottom half of the cookies. Top with remaining cookies.