Jammy Butter Cookies

Have you ever taken a bite of a cookie and had that ‘melting’ sensation in your mouth? It’s certainly a wonderful feeling indeed!

Here, after much trial and error, I’ve come up with a cookie which gives you that ‘melting moment’, with a vanilla flavour on your taste buds, and my favourite jam added. The texture is so delicate and scrumptious!

You can use a cookie cutter or simply roll into balls and flatten like you see in the photos below.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 8-10 mins
Yield: 24 Approx
You will need an UN-GREASED baking tray

Ingredients
3/4 cup or 170 g butter, refrigerated
1/2 cup or 60 g confectioners sugar, sifted
2 Tablespoon water
2 Tablespoons of Jam. I used strawberry
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups or 190 g sifted All Purpose / plain flour

Instructions:

1. Placed sieved flour and sieved confectioners’ sugar in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add butter in 1 cm pieces (distribute evenly over the flour)
3. Add water and vanilla extract
4. Mix together very well using hands until the ingredients form a dough. You should be able to have a ‘clean’ mixing bowl with no crumbs.
5. Cover with parchment & place in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm up.
6. To use a cookie cutter, place the dough inbetween 2 sheets of plastic wrap and roll out, then use the cookie cutter to make the desired shapes. Then use your finger and push a small hole 3/4 of the way into the center of the cookie and add a drop of jam in each cookie.
To make the cookies without a cookie cutter, take about half a tablespoon of cookie dough and roll into a ball. Take your finger and push a hole into the centre, as described above and place a drop of jam in the centre. Place cookies on the UN GREASED baking tray about 1 inch width apart.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 350F, 180C, Gas 4 for 10 minutes or until the edges just begin to slightly brown. (see photo)
8. Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer to cooling rack

If your cookies have joined together after taking them out the oven, use a knife or plastic cutter to separate them whilst they are hot. Once they cool, it will be messy to try and cut them.

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Jammy Butter Cookies

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Servings: 24

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup or 170 g butter refrigerated
• 1/2 cup or 60 g confectioners sugar sifted
• 2 Tablespoon water
• 2 Tablespoons of Jam. I used strawberry
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups or 190 g sifted All Purpose / plain flour

Instructions

1. Placed sieved flour and sieved confectioners’ sugar in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add butter in 1 cm pieces (distribute evenly over the flour)
3. Add water and vanilla extract
4. Mix together very well using hands until the ingredients form a dough. You should be able to have a ‘clean’ mixing bowl with no crumbs.
5. Cover with parchment & place in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm up.

To make the cookies without a cookie cutter, take about half a tablespoon of cookie dough and roll into a ball. Take your finger and push a hole into the centre, as described above and place a drop of jam in the centre. Place cookies on the UN GREASED baking tray about 1 inch width apart.

1. Bake in preheated oven at 350F, 180C, Gas 4 for 10 minutes or until the edges just begin to slightly brown. (see photo)
2. Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray then transfer to cooling rack