Best Strawberry Jam Cookies Recipes

STRAWBERRY JAM TARTS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat.
• Add milk and vanilla.
• Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Roll out dough to 1/8" thick.
• Cut the dough with solid shape cookie cutters such as hearts, christmas trees, etc.
• With very small cookie cutter of same shape, cut out centers of half of the shapes. (The outside edge pieces go on top of the solid shapes).
• Gather up bits of cut-out centers and roll out again, repeating til all dough is used up.
• Place whole shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Top each cookie center with a teaspoons or so of strawberry jam.
• Place cookie shape with cut-out center on top.
• Seal outside edges all the way around with tines of fork. Pressing to seal.
• Sprinkle edges with colored sugar.
• Bake in 350° oven for 11-13 minutes.
• These do not brown.

EASY STRAWBERRY JAM-FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Separate 1 of the eggs; set aside the egg white for later use. Add the yolk, the second whole egg and vanilla extract to the cream cheese mixture; mix well. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Gradually add the flour to the cream cheese mixture, beating until well blended after each addition. Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Wrap each in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
• 2. Roll each piece into a 12 x 1-inch log; place 2 inches apart on a large ungreased (or parchment lined) baking sheet. Use the handle of a wooden spoon or your fingers to make a depression down the length of each log, about 1/2 inch wide and 1/2 inch deep. Beat the reserved egg white with a fork; brush over the dough. Microwave the preserves or jam for a few seconds to slightly liquefy. Fill the depressions with the preserves, using about 3 tablespoons in each log. Sprinkle with the walnuts.
• 3. Bake for 25 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks; cool slightly. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cut each log into 12 diagonal slices.

STRAWBERRY JAM COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cream cheese, butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Separate 1 egg; reserve white for later use. Add yolk, second (whole) egg and vanilla to cream cheese mixture; mix well. Gradually beat in combined flour and baking powder until blended.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into 12x1-inch log; place, 2 inches apart, on large baking sheet. Use handle of wooden spoon or fingers to make 1/2-inch-wide and 1/2-inch-deep depression down center of each log. Beat reserved egg white with fork; brush over dough. Sprinkle with nuts. Fill depressions with jam.
• Bake 25 to 27 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks; cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut each log into 12 diagonal slices.

STRAWBERRY JAM TART COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat. Add milk and vanilla. Add rest of ingredients and mix well. Roll out dough to 1/8" thick. Cut the dough with solid shape cookie cutters such as hearts, christmas trees, etc. With very small cookie cutter of same shape, cut out centers of half of the shapes. (The outside edge pieces go on top of the solid shapes). Gather up bits of cut-out centers and roll out again, repeating til all dough is used up. Place whole shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet. Top each cookie center with a teaspoons or so of strawberry jam. (Or flavor(s) of your choice.) Place cookie shape with cut-out center on top. Seal outside edges all the way around with tines of fork. Pressing to seal. Decorate as you like such as sprinkling edges with colored sugar. Press little candy silver balls at intervals around inside edge evenly, if desired. Bake in 350° oven for 11-13 minutes. These do not brown. When cool, other decorating options are to sprinkle them with powdered sugar or drizzle with melted chocolate. Just have fun! :D Enjoy!

VALENTINE HEART COOKIES / STRAWBERRY JAM FILLED VALENTINE'S DAY

Steps:

• Add Icing sugar and increase the speed of your electric mixer. Beat it until the sugar grains are super fine by scarping the bowl occasionally.
• Add the eggs mixing in one at a time.
• Slowly add flour in the mixer bowl, beat it until it gets combined well and the mixture is fluffy. Gather the flour towards the centre with a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon and beat it once again.
• Now reduce the mixer speed of your electric mixer to low and add the rest of the ingredients and blend again slowly until it is mixed well.
• Now divide the dough into two equal portions. Lay a plastic wrap on your counter. Take one part and put it between two plastic wraps / sheets or wax paper. Roll the dough out with a rolling pin to about ¼ inch thick.
• Peel off the plastic sheet from the top and and then cut out the shapes with a round cookie cutter to get 7cm round cookies.
• Do the same with the other part of the dough, what you have done with the first part of the dough.
• Gently press a 5cm heart-shaped cutter into the centre of each round,.
• With a 5 cm heart shaped cookie cutter, make hearts by pressing into the centre of each round. Cut out as many cookies as you can. Keep aside the scraps. You can combine it with the scraps from the second disk, roll it, cut it again with the cookie maker and make more cookies.
• Now place the heart shaped cookies on the top of the round shaped cookies.
• Take jam in a bowl and add one tablespoons water. Mix it well with a spoon, so that it would be little more pliable before dolloping on the cookies.
• Take a piping bag and fill it with the jam. Cut out the edge of the piping bag slightly.
• Fill each heart shaped space with jam starting at the edges of the hearts and then towards the centre. Don't fill the hearts with the jam too much.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar on the top of all cookies.
• Line a baking sheet with a wax paper. Transfer these cookies to the baking sheet by leaving little space between the cookies.
• Bake the cookies at 170 degree Celsius for 15 to 18 minutes or until it turns golden brown rotating the sheets halfway through baking.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack to completely cool.
• Serve Valentine Heart Cookies / Custard Cookies with jam Garnish with your valentine and your loved ones.