Butter cookies are such a universal cookie. There are so many variations that can be done with a basic butter cookie dough. My favorite version is this Jam Filled Butter Cookies recipe that my Mom has been making as long back as I can remember. It’s scribbled down on a well loved and worn recipe card, dotted with smudges and finger prints. My Mom doesn’t recall the original source of the recipe, but most butter cookie recipes are basically the same.
One of the things I love about this cookie recipe, aside from the butter, is that it’s not overly sweet. The sweetness of the jam perfectly balances the tender butter cookie.
Jam Filled Butter Cookies are a great holiday cookie, and perfect for showers and tea parties. We most recently made these cookies for the latter, a Mom and Daughter tea party.
ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
2 egg yolks
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup fruit preserves, any flavor (We used strawberry for this batch.)
directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and egg yolks. Mix in flour a little bit at a time until a soft dough forms. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. If dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Place balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Use your finger to make a well in the center of each cookie. Fill the hole with 1/2 teaspoon of preserves.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
Jam Filled Butter Cookies
Jam Filled Butter Cookies are a great holiday cookie, and perfect for showers and tea parties.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup fruit preserves, any flavor (We used strawberry for this batch.)
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and egg yolks. Mix in flour a little bit at a time until a soft dough forms. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. If dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Place balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Use your finger to make a well in the center of each cookie. Fill the hole with 1/2 teaspoon of preserves.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown on the bottom. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
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Daisy says
May 5, 2014 at 4:48 PMI love these cookies! My grandma used to bake some like these and they were one of my favorites.
Pam says
May 5, 2014 at 6:29 PMThese look really tasty! I’m definitely going to bookmark this recipe for my next special occasion.
CrazyMom a/k/a Melanie says
May 5, 2014 at 6:35 PMYumm.. these have always been my favorite, my grandma always put Raspberry Jam in.. YUMMM.. thanks for a great recipe, haven’t had these in years, totally gonna try to make it soon. Thanks for sharing
Ellen Christian says
May 5, 2014 at 7:51 PMHomemade cookies are the best. My grandmother used to make some like this.
Janel says
May 5, 2014 at 7:53 PMThese would be a really nice treat to gift my grandma for Mother’s Day! She’d love these!
Keikilani says
May 5, 2014 at 8:25 PMI really love these cookies. They are so different from my normal chocolate chip obsession.
Mama to 5 BLessings says
May 5, 2014 at 8:44 PMYummy! These look nice and easy to make!
Amy Desrosiers says
May 5, 2014 at 8:52 PMThese are the perfect tea and cookies type of sweet treat! Yummy!
brett says
May 5, 2014 at 8:57 PMmy grama used to make these too. makes me smile to think of it today!
Michele says
May 5, 2014 at 9:14 PMWe make a similar cookie but call them Thumb Print Cookies. I hadn’t thought about them for quite some time. The recipe card looks like yours, full of sticky fingerprints from anxious helpers.
Shauna says
May 5, 2014 at 9:35 PMI am not a cookie person except for these… there is something about the jam in the middle and the combination of tastes that I just love.
Jenn @TheRebelChick says
May 5, 2014 at 9:42 PMOh my goodness, those cookies look so delicious! Now I need to make some cookies, I won’t be able to stop thinking about them until I eat some LOL!
Jennifer Soltys says
May 5, 2014 at 9:59 PMWow, yum. They look really good. I just might have to make them for Mother’s Day!!
Amber Edwards says
May 5, 2014 at 10:09 PMThese are some of my favorite cookies! we call them split second cookies; because they only last a split second until they are all gone. lol.
Vanessa: thequeenofswag says
May 5, 2014 at 10:59 PMThose look like they would go perfectly with my afternoon tea.
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
May 6, 2014 at 8:46 AMI would eat them all! I love jam filled cookies!!
Debi says
May 6, 2014 at 10:12 AMThese are one of my mom’s favorite kinds of cookies. But I have never made them before.
Tammy S says
May 6, 2014 at 10:18 AMThese are one of my favorite types of cookies, I can’t wait to make them. Thanks for the recipe!
Ashley - Embracing Beauty says
May 6, 2014 at 11:12 AMOoh, those would be great for my daughter’s garden tea party that she’s having for her birthday soon! I love those dainty plates too!
Penelope Guzman says
May 6, 2014 at 11:55 AMMmm, that sounds really tasty!
Liz Mays says
May 6, 2014 at 12:17 PMI wouldn’t mind having a few of those! They look just delicious, girlie!
Nancy @ Whispered Inspirations says
May 6, 2014 at 2:08 PMMy husband loves the store bought kind. I have to make these for him, he’ll be over the moon.
valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says
May 8, 2014 at 7:13 AMI love butter cookies! And strawberry happens to be my favorite jam, so these wouldn’t last long in my house!
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
May 8, 2014 at 11:25 AMThey look yummy! I made peanut butter cookies with jam in the middle like that too
Pure Grace Farms says
May 10, 2014 at 11:51 PMStopping by from Share it Sunday to pin your adorable cookies! Look yummy!
le chateau des fleurs Isabelle Thornton says
May 12, 2014 at 1:43 AMLooks yummy! I want to make those!
I would love if you link this to the Monday party on my blog tomorrow morning!
Xo
Isabelle
Cris says
May 12, 2014 at 7:28 AMThese look so tasty 😡
Erlene says
May 13, 2014 at 9:16 PMI love buttery cookies with jam in the middle. These are being pinned and I’ll be trying it this week.
Elizabeth says
May 14, 2014 at 10:04 AMCan I say, YUM! I also love that you blog with your mom. I would love to do that with my mom! Maybe I can convince her to do a post with me! What a great idea!!
Crystal says
May 14, 2014 at 10:36 AMYum, those look really good.
Rach @ EazyPeazyMealz says
May 16, 2014 at 12:53 AMMy daughter is having a tea-party birthday next week, and I think these look perfect for it. Thanks, Found you at craft frenzy!
Karly says
May 18, 2014 at 12:39 PMMy family would love these cookies, so delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Katie | Dixieland Sweets says
June 2, 2014 at 3:28 PMI LOVE LOVE LOVE jam filled cookies!!! I will be adding these to my list of things to make soon!
Paol Trenny says
June 29, 2014 at 6:45 PMThis would be a great addition to my Independence party especially because my family love these cookies. I am not a good baker so I always buy the Pepperidge Farm kind, but this year I am going to bake them myself
Katie H says
July 11, 2014 at 8:18 PMThese look yummy! Could easily be made gluten free!
M.Clark says
July 15, 2014 at 9:59 PMThese cookies look delicious, I can’t wait to try this. I’d love to try this using guava jelly. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Jane says
December 4, 2014 at 6:08 AMWhat about adding a chocolate Hershey after baked without jam?
Angela says
December 4, 2014 at 5:05 PMWe haven’t tried that, but it sounds like a good idea. Please let us know how it turns out!