I made these last summer to give to a friend who had just had a beautiful baby girl so I figured they were appropriate to celebrate my upcoming little girl! That's right, it's a girl. We found out about a month ago but the doctor only gave me a 90 percent certainty which just wasn't enough for me to believe him with my husband's family's strong man genes. After another ultrasound last week, I finally do believe him and I can't believe it's a little girl. My man is excited to have a little sweetie and my little guy is (theoretically) excited to have a little sister like his favorite Caillou. I'm just glad to know I'll have someone to keep me company in the kitchen, although my little guy is pretty good at that for now. We're all happy about this healthy, beautiful baby and these cookies are perfect to celebrate. They even taste great with mint filling (I use Guittard Mint Chips) but those would have been more for the boy variety...
I'll be back next week with Dorie's Parisian Apple Tart. I certainly couldn't skip something with apples or puff pastry (not to mention something French!)

From Martha Stewart's Cookies, page 93
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups plus 2 teaspoons sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
6 ounces (1 cup) fresh raspberries
7 1/2 ounces best-quality white chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream (add 1 t. Meringue Powder)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
2. Mix butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg, extract, and vanilla seeds; mix until smooth. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture.
3. Scoop batter using a 1-inch ice cream scoop; space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
4. Bake cookies 4 minutes. Remove from oven; gently tap baking sheets on counter to flatten cookies. Return to oven, switching positions of sheets; bake until cookies are just set, 4 to 6 minutes more. Let cool on parchment on wire racks.
5. Puree raspberries and remaining 2 teaspoons sugar in a food processor. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a small bowl, pressing to extract juice; discard seeds. Set mixture aside.
6. Melt white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat; whisk in cream in a slow stream. Whisk in reserved raspberry mixture. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
7. Spread 1 heaping teaspoon raspberry cream on the undersides of half the cookies. Sandwich with remaining cookies. Cookies can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container up to 2 days (no way will they last that long, though!)
Congrats on the wonderful news! A sweet little girl!
ReplyDeleteThe cookies look amazing and delicate. The pink center: very appropriate. :-)
Big congrats on your baby girl! What a perfect treat to celebrate!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on having a girl. That didn't happen at our house!
ReplyDeleteI made those Martha Raspberry cookies once last year. Yummy and pretty.
I love that--dark chocolate door. Mmmm! ;)
Yay! Wonderful that you're expecting a girl! These cookies are very cute and sound delicious. I love dark chocolate anything, but as a front door it's very dramatic. I'm also looking forward to the apple tarts.
ReplyDeleteWhat adorable cookies...and congratulations on the great girl news! You will get a lot of "How perfect - one of each!" comments, and after only 8 weeks experience of having one of each, I can tell you it's pretty great.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pink news! The cookies look yummy and festive for ababy girl. I will have to try them! :) KIM
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having a girl! These cookies look great! I am so in love with sandwich cookies-I have to try these!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your baby daughter AND your pretty in pink cookies.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! You must be so excited. These pink cookies are quite fitting.
ReplyDeletecongrats on your baby girl in-the-making! :) How wonderful for you all!!
ReplyDeleteCookies look sooo great!! Must be a 'think pink' week!
Wahoo!!! I'm so happy for you, Anne! Congratulations. :)
ReplyDeleteThe cookies look great.
congratulations!!!! That's so fun! The cookies looks so yummy too!
ReplyDeleteYahoo!! Congratulations on that beautiful, gorgeous, and healthy little girl you have there!! Such wonderful news for you and your family!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the girl!
ReplyDeleteCan I vote for the name: Meghan?
Congrats! When are you due? After 2 girls, we're having a boy in a couple months. Girls are so fun, you'll love it!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteThe cookies look great, the sous chefs love sandwich cookies. I'll have to give these a try!
I am so excited for you! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post and delightful cookies. Congratulations on your wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteCongratulaitons! The cookies look great and I hope the cake turned out well. I look forward to seeing it posted at the end of the month.
ReplyDeletei am very excited about the girl too! food looks great, i hate looking on here because it only makes me want to taste!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your baby girl news! The ultrasound is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! And your cookies are too cute!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What a great way to celebrate. The cookies look so good.
ReplyDeleteAwww! A sweet little girl to enter your world. Congratulations!
ReplyDelete~Cat
Ooh, lucky you... one of each! LOL. Congratulations :)
ReplyDeleteYour pink sandwich cookies are perfect for a baby shower.
You're so cute! Congratulations on a little girl! I just had a boy (my first) as I hoped, but now I am worried I will have all boys and not a girl! It is so fun! I can't wait to check back on you!
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Congratulations!! Raspberry cream sandwich cookies are looking yummy... It is great way to celebrate...
ReplyDeletePerfect cookies for your perfect news. Congratulations!
ReplyDeletecongrats on your having a girl! The cookies look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteOh so yummy. Can I have some? Maybe we can have a baking day next time I'm in town. I would love that! Little Girlie...so happy that she will join our fam. :)
ReplyDeleteSooo yummy! Wonderful news too!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Loved the Caillou comment--both my girls are big fans. And the cookies look great--I love raspberry anything.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your baby girl!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful cookies and I'm sure they taste wonderful.
Congratulations!
ReplyDelete(And your cookies are adorable!)
Annie im so happy for you its a baby girl..
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for your baby girl! The pink cookies are just adorable. I have a friend who is due in July. If it turns out to be a girl, I will definately surprise her with a batch of these goodies!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Anne i pray it would be a healthy baby soon to come..
ReplyDeletea new baby blessing is here... congrats..
ReplyDeleteI wonder if these would be purple if I used blackberries from my garden. . .
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your baby!
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