Jam Tart Cookies

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These pretty Jam Tart Cookies are a dressed up version of traditional jam tarts. They are easy to bake, delicious treats, and can be filled with your favourite jam!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Chilling Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, jam

Servings:

Calories: 104kcal

Ingredients

140 g unsalted butter room temperature and cubed (⅝ cup)
250 g all-purpose flour (2 cups)
¼ tsp. salt
4 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 egg whites
10 tbsp. fruit jam or marmalade
2 tbsp. powdered sugar optional, for dusting

Instructions

Place cubed butter, flour, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low speed until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. You can also use your hands to rub the butter into the flour for this step.
Add egg whites and vanilla extract and mix until dough is formed. (If dough doesn't stick together, add 2-4 tsp. of cold water, 1 tsp at a time and mix). If the dough is too sticky, add some flour.
Split the dough into two discs, place each piece in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 175°C (350F) and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to ⅛" thickness. Use a cookie cutter of choice to cut out cookie dough (2 for each cookie). Use a smaller cookie cutter of choice to cut out a window out of half of the cookies. Place 1 tsp. of fruit jam (or marmalade) on the whole cookie dough and place cut-out cookie dough on top. Do not overfill with jam. Repeat for each cookie and transfer to baking sheet.
Bake for 12-18 minutes (depending on thickness) until cookies are slightly golden brown at the edges.
Transfer to a cooling rack to finish off cooling and sprinkle with powdered sugar as desired. Let the jam cool down before serving.

Notes

* You can use any jam of your choice

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