Name: Blackberry Walnut Cookies
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 3/4 hr (includes cooling)
Yield: Makes about 20 cookies
Ingredients: 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup walnuts, toasted, cooled, and finely chopped; About 1/2 cup seedless blackberry or raspberry jam; Garnish: confectioners sugar for dusting

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Blackberry Walnut CookiesRoland Bello

It's a holiday partyyou must have cookies. We double your pleasure by offering not one but two buttery, nutty shortbread rounds in each cookie. They sandwich tart berry jam under a drift of confectioners sugar.

Cooks' notes:

•Unfilled cookies can be made 1 day ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
•Cookies can be filled with jam up to 8 hours ahead.◊

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