Heart Jam Cookies Recipe
Heart Jam Cookies Recipe are sweet treats everyone loves. These cookies have a jam-filled center. They look beautiful and taste amazing.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Cookie cutter
- Small round cutter
- Rolling Pin
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheets
- Wire rack
- Spoon
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour 2 cups
- Unsalted butter 1 cup, softened
- Granulated sugar ½ cup
- Egg yolk 1 large
- Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- Strawberry jam ½ cup, or any flavor
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Beat softened butter until it's creamy.
- Add sugar and mix well together.
- The mixture should look light and fluffy.
- This takes about two minutes of mixing.
- Add the egg yolk to the mixture.
- Pour in the vanilla extract too.
- Mix everything until well combined.
- The batter should be smooth now.
- Mix flour and salt in another bowl.
- Add this slowly to the butter mixture.
- Stir until dough forms together.
- Don't overmix the cookie dough.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap.
- Put it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Chilled dough is easier to work with.
- This step is very important.
- Roll dough on a floured surface.
- Make it about ¼ inch thick.
- Cut out heart shapes with your cutter.
- Cut small circles from half the hearts.
- These will be the cookie tops.
- Place cookies on the baking sheet.
- Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes.
- They should be lightly golden around edges.
- Don't overbake them at all.
- Let cookies cool completely on the rack.
- Spread jam on the whole heart cookies.
- Place the cut-out hearts on top.
- Dust with powdered sugar to finish.
Notes
- Use room temperature butter for easy mixing.
- Cold butter won't cream properly with sugar.
- Don't skip the chilling step for dough.
- It prevents cookies from spreading too much.
- Use thick jam for the best results.
- Thin jam will run out during assembly.
- Make sure cookies are completely cool first.
- Warm cookies will make jam slide off.
- Store cookies in an airtight container always.
- They stay fresh for five days.
- You can freeze unbaked dough for later.
- Just thaw it before rolling and cutting.