Old-Fashioned Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

 Ingredients

For the Cookie Dough

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch (or custard powder for extra richness)
• ¼ teaspoon salt (use slightly less if using table salt)

For Rolling & Filling

• Granulated sugar, for rolling
• About ½ cup raspberry jam (or any jam you love: strawberry, apricot, blackberry)

 Instructions

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