BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

3/4 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
Ice water
3/4 cup good preserves, raspberry or strawberry look great
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter and sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together, you may have to add a little bit of ice water. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick and cut 1 1/2-inch rounds with a cutter. With 1/2 of the rounds, cut a hole from the middle of each round with a heart or flower shaped cutter. Place all the cookies on an ungreased baking sheet lined with parchment and chill for 15 minutes.

Bake the cookies for 10 t0 12 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature. Spread raspberry preserves on the flat side of each solid cookie. Dust the top of the cut-out cookies with confectioners' sugar and press the flat sides together, with the raspberry preserves in the middle and the confectioners' sugar on the top. 

You can find this recipe online at hiphostess.blogspot.com.