Butter Cookies with Jam

Name: Butter Cookies with Jam
Prep time: 75 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Americana
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups flour, sifted; 1/2 cups icing sugar; 1 stick butter; 1 egg yolk, large; 2 tablespoons water; 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence; 2/3 cups raspberry jam, or strawberry jam

Elda Benassini

Delicious butter cookies made with strawberry jam and powdered sugar. A perfect gift for Valentine's Day!

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 19-01-2010

Preparation

1h 15 mins

Low

In the food processor, place the sifted flour, powdered sugar, and butter in pieces and process for a few seconds until the butter is integrated. Beat the egg with the water and vanilla extract. Add the flour and process for a few seconds to form a ball. On a floured surface, knead the dough only until the butter is well distributed for a few seconds and form a ball. Divide the dough in half and place the dough on a sheet of wax paper, putting another sheet of wax paper on top. Roll out the dough until it is 1/8 inch thick. Do the same with the other half. Chill the dough for 30 minutes in the freezer. Remove the dough from the freezer and cut the cookies with a heart-shaped cutter. For half of the cookies, cut out the center with a round cutter to make holes in the cookies. Bake on lightly greased trays at 190 degrees Celsius for 12 minutes, remove and let cool. Put a little jam on the cookie without a hole and sprinkle powdered sugar on the other cookie with the hole. Place one on top of the other to form a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies.