Strawberry Jam Cookies
Strawberry Jam Cookies are simple soft vanilla butter cookies with swirls of strawberry jam, each cookie topped with additional strawberry jam
Servings: 26 Cookies
Calories: 145kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar *see note
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (420 grams)
- ⅓ cup strawberry jam + additional for topping the cookies
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Add the eggs and combine. Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla and combine. Add the flour and combine.
- Drop small spoonful’s of strawberry jam on top of the cookie dough. Very gently stir, about 3-4 times to incorporate the jam. You want to leave large ribbons of jam throughout the dough, leaving visible drops of jam in places.
- Add about a ¼ teaspoon of strawberry jam to the bottom of a cookie or ice cream scoop. Then scoop up 2 tablespoons of dough and drop the cookie dough on a cookie sheet or sheet of wax paper on a plate.Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Wait until the oven is preheated, then remove the cookies from the fridge. Arrange on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes or until the cookies start to brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 2 minutes, then remove from the baking sheet before they are fully cool. This prevents the jam from hardening on the baking sheet. Add to a flat plate, not a drying rack and allow to fully cool.
Notes
Use Light Brown Sugar: Use light brown sugar rather than dark brown sugar to keep the cookies lighter in color and to allow the color of the strawberry jam to stand out. You can substitute dark brown sugar in a pinch.
Don't Overmix: When adding the strawberry jam to the dough, do not over-mix. You want to see bright ribbons of jam swirled into the dough. About 3-4 stir rotations of the dough should do it.
The swirls of strawberry jam will begin to melt into the cookies as they bake adding all the sweet strawberry sugar to the cookies.
Strawberry Jam Ribbons: Adding a small amount of strawberry jam to the bottom of the cookie scoop creates a ribbon of jam on the top of the cookie when you turn the cookie scoop upside down and onto the baking sheet.
This is an easy way to ensure a bright ribbon of jam on the top of each cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 205IU | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
