Heart Cookies With Jam
How fun are these delicious Heart Cookies with Jam? Soft shortbread cookies with a little zest, loaded with your favorite jam, and topped with sweet powdered sugar. These are such a sweet treat, but also a great idea for Valentines, dates, anniversaries, and such. The household foodie gave these a 10/10 and said they would be amazing with any type of jelly or preservative.
Equipment
- 1 set Heart cookie cutters in two sizes I used 3 inch and 1½ inch sizes
- baking sheet
- Parchment paper or silicone mat
- Mixer-handheld or stand
- mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 c unsalted butter softened
- ½ c sugar
- 1 tsp pure almond extract
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 2⅓ c flour
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ c raspberry jam/preserves
- ¾ c powdered sugar
Instructions
- Using either a stand mixer or hand held mixer, beat the butter, sugar and almond extract together until light and creamy.1 c unsalted butter softened, ½ c sugar, 1 tsp pure almond extract
- Gradually add in the orange zest, salt, and flour until it becomes a nice dough texture.2 tsp orange zest, ¼ tsp kosher salt, 2⅓ c flour
- Gather the dough up into a ball shape, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- While it's chilling prepare your work area. You can use a large cutting board or mat that has been lightly floured. Gather your baking sheet or sheets and line them with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- After 30 minutes have passed, and you work area is prepared, preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Place your dough ball onto the lightly floured surface (also rub some flour on your rolling pin) and roll the dough out to approximately ¼" thickness.
- Cut out as many large hearts as you can with this piece of dough. Place 6 of the large hearts on your baking sheet and then use your smaller heart cookie cutter and cut small heart out of the center or 6 of the remaining large hearts. Place 6 of those on the baking sheet as well.
- Continue with this process using all of the remaining dough.
- Place the cookies in the preheated oven for 7-9 minutes until they just start to brown slightly.
- Remove them from the oven and cool completely.
- Separate the solid hearts from the heart rings. The heart rings you will now dust with powdered sugar.¾ c powdered sugar
- Spread the raspberry jam onto the solid hearts and then place the powdered sugar heart rings on the top. Serve and enjoy!!¾ c raspberry jam/preserves
Notes
*You can use any jelly or jam flavor of your choice.
*If your dough is too crumbly to roll out simply sprinkle a little water over it with your fingers and work it until it's a nice dough that you can roll out. Shortbread type dough can be crumbly depending on your humidity. I have had to add sprinkled water to this dough in the past to get it to a workable consistency.
*If you do not have two size hearts you can leave the dough slightly thicker and just create fingerprint heart by pressing your finger into the center of the cookies to create a heart shape.
*If you make fingerprint heart cookies, dust them with powdered sugar and then add the jam to the centers.
*There is a video on the website showing the process.
**NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER The nutritional information shown is an estimate, and is determined from online calculators.
Nutrition
Serving: 20cookiesCalories: 207kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 35mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 284IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
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