Jam drop cookies are very simple, but irresistible, shortcrust pastry cookies with jam. Surely you have tried them, but have you ever tried to make them? It's easy!
Simple to do, quick to prepare, beautiful to look at and very good: i jam drop cookies are among the cookies most famous in the world and, after trying the recipe, you will find out why.
In Italian it could be translated as "drops of jam“, But the English term is certainly more fashionable and perfect for a hashtag with which to post them on social networks.
Jam drop cookies are simple shortbread cookies, embellished with marmalade. To be kneaded by hand or with the help of a kitchen robot. They are made in just 10 minutes with seven ingredients, let's find out which ones.
How to make Jam drop cookies: the recipe
Ingredients
To prepare these biscuits of shortcrust pastry with jam you will need: 500 g of 00 flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 220 g of granulated sugar, 300 g of butter at room temperature, 2 eggs, ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract, jam (to taste).
Method
The preparation of jam drop cookies begins by placing the butter and sugar in a large bowl and mixing them until the mixture is light, creamy and homogeneous. The second step is to add the eggs, continuing to mix, and then the flour, a little at a time. Only at the end the mixture of the jam drop cookies should be completed with the addition of yeast and vanilla extract.
After obtaining a shortcrust pastry without lumps, it is time to line a baking sheet with non-stick paper and then make balls of dough and place them equidistant from each other. With the little finger of your hand, at this point, you need to exert a slight pressure on the biscuit dough to prepare the hole in which the jam will be added. The advice, in this case, is not to flatten the balls of dough too much.
After making the holes you need to add the jam: a small amount is enough, even half a teaspoon. At this point of jam drop cookies they must rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes before being baked. The cooking times are not high, it takes about 10 minutes at 230 ° and in any case until the biscuits become golden on the surface.
Before eating them, you need to let them cool down a bit, perhaps on a perforated grate to remove any residual moisture.
Find out more tips for preparing these cookies in the tutorial
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