Swedish Hallongrottor Cookies (Raspberry Caves)

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 0.67 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• 16 teaspoons raspberry jam , divided

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 16-cup muffin tin with muffin liners.

2. 2

   Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add flour, vanilla sugar, and baking powder; beat to combine.

3. 3

   Divide dough in half and divide each half into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Place a ball of dough into each prepared muffin cup; make a small indentation in the center of each dough ball with a flour-coated thumb. Fill each indentation with a teaspoon of raspberry jam.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown, about 20 minutes.