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Lightened-Up Sandwich Cookies

The perfect shortbread cookie base to keep you on track, paired with a healthy 0 SP jam. A guilt-free and adorable holiday treat! 
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time38 minutes
Servings: 30 sandwich cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 4 oz light cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (for best results, measure out 350 grams)
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1/2 lemon peel, finely grated
  • 1/2 cup sugar-free raspberry or strawberry jam*
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, In the bowl, use a stand or hand mixer to combine butter, cream cheese,  and sugar. Then beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Add in flour, salt, and lemon peel. Mix until a dough begins to form. Knead with hands to competely combine.  
  • Cut dough in half. Cover one half in plastic and place in refrigerator. On a floured surface, roll out other half as thinly as possible, until the dough is about 1/3 inch thick. 
  • Use a cookie cutter to cut out shape of your choice. I used a 5-inch heart-shaped cutter. You should get 30 cookies out of this half of the dough. You'll probably need to knead scraps and roll out again to get to 30 cookies. Use the same process on the other half of the dough, or freeze and use later. 
  • Use a smaller cookie cutter shape to cut out a hole in 15 of the 30 cookies (these will be the tops of the sandwich). 
  • Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes in the middle of the oven until edges are just barely browned. DO NOT over bake! Let cool completely.
  • To decorate the cookies, sprinkle the cookies with hole with powdered sugar. Spread the tops of the cookies that don’t have a hole with about 2/3 tsp jam and put one of the other cookies on top. Let the cookies rest and come together for another hour or so, then transfer to an air-tight container. Store in a dry and cool place for up to 1 week.

Notes

*I prefer to make my own raspberry jam, using my 0 SP Jam recipe (no artificial sweeteners)
Click here to determine your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe (if you are logged in to your WW app, it should calculate for you automatically)
WW Green, Blue, and Purple SmartPoints: 3 per cookie
Cals: 88 | Fat: 3g | Sat Fat: 1g | Carbs: 15g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Protein: 2g