Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies

A soft cookie filled with raspberry jam, these raspberry bow tie cookies always get plenty of raves!

Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies are a perfect cookie to add to your holiday cookie tray.

Bow tie cookies

Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas season has begun! I spent the day after Thanksgiving relaxing and baking.

I just can't get out to the stores to fight the crowds. No sale is worth that amount of craziness for me.

I would much rather be in my kitchen baking! These raspberry bow tie cookies are my kick off to the holiday season! 

I started out the day reading old cooking magazines. I have a huge collection and browse through them from time to time.

While reading, I found a recipe for Bow Tie Cookies made with apricot jam. To mix things up a bit I decided  to use raspberry jam instead of apricot jam.

I also changed the dough up just a bit. The original recipe did not have any sugar or vanilla. I wanted a cookie that would melt in your mouth and decided to add powdered sugar to the dough.

These delicious cookies go by many different names - bow tie cookies, kolache cookies, kolachy cookies, Polish cream cheese cookies, and jam cookies.

The hardest part about making Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies is you have to chill the dough before rolling it out. This requires just a bit of planning.

Sometimes when I'm making cookies, I want to get it all done at once.

If you tried to roll this dough out right away, you'd have a sticky mess. I made these in the morning, threw them in the fridge and finished them in the afternoon.

Raspberry bow tie cookies are as fun to make as they are to eat! They also make an impressive gift during the holidays!  Get Baking!!!

When cookies come out of the oven, allow the cookies to cool just slightly and then place cookies on a baking rack to continue cooling.

Recipe tips

• Be certain to allow dough to fully chill before rolling out
• Place just a small amount of jam in the center of each cookie
• Use cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat
• Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar

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Raspberry Bow Tie Cookies

Kathy

Holiday cookies with raspberry jam.

4.91 from 118 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Refrigerate 1 hour hr

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Cookie

Cuisine American

Servings 24 cookies

Calories 181 kcal

Equipment

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  Parchment paper

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
• ▢ 8 oz butter (1 cup) (softened, I use salted butter)
• ▢ ¾ cup powdered sugar
• ▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 2 ½ cups flour
• ▢ ½ cup raspberry jam
• ▢ 1 egg white
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon water
• ▢ powdered sugar for dusting cookies

Instructions

 

• In a mixing bowl, mix cream cheese and butter together.
  8 oz cream cheese, 8 oz butter (1 cup)
• Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla.
  ¾ cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla
• Mix in flour. Beat until all flour is incorporated into dough.
  2 ½ cups flour
• Divide dough in half. Wrap each half in plastic wrap, flattening into a 4 inch disc.
• Refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight.
• When ready to bake, work with one disc of dough at a time.
• Place on a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangular shape until dough is approx. ⅛" thick.
• Trim edges and cut into 2 inch squares.
• Place ½ teaspoon of jam on each square.
  ½ cup raspberry jam
• Mix egg white together with water. 
  1 egg white, 1 Tablespoon water
• Fold two corners together over your index finger.  Place a dab of egg white mixture between overlapping corners of cookies. Press firmly together so the dough is fused.  
• Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press folded sides down slightly so they are not rounded.  This will help prevent cookies from coming apart while baking. 
• Bake for 10  minutes in a preheated 400 degree oven.
• Cool on a baking rack.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar when completely cooled.
  powdered sugar for dusting cookies

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Notes

• Be certain to allow dough to fully chill before rolling out
• Place just a small amount of jam in the center of each cookie
• Use cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat
• Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar

 

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 181kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 100mgPotassium: 34mgSugar: 7gVitamin A: 365IUVitamin C: 0.7mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.7mg

Keyword Bow tie cookies, Christmas cookies, cookies with jam, Holiday cookies, Raspberry cookies, Raspberry jam cookies

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