Strawberry Jam Tarts (Cookies)

Wildflour's Note:

One of my favorite holiday cookies! I make these for Valentine's Day and Christmas! A very delicious tender, sweet cookie.

• Total Time: 57 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 cookies

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• strawberry jam or preserves

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add egg and beat.
3. Add milk and vanilla.
4. Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
5. Roll out dough to 1/8" thick.
6. Cut the dough with solid shape cookie cutters such as hearts, christmas trees, etc.
7. With very small cookie cutter of same shape, cut out centers of half of the shapes. (The outside edge pieces go on top of the solid shapes).
8. Gather up bits of cut-out centers and roll out again, repeating til all dough is used up.
9. Place whole shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet.
10. Top each cookie center with a teaspoons or so of strawberry jam.
11. Place cookie shape with cut-out center on top.
12. Seal outside edges all the way around with tines of fork. Pressing to seal.
13. Sprinkle edges with colored sugar.
14. Bake in 350° oven for 11-13 minutes.
15. These do not brown.

Reviews

[My.Hero.Is.Jesus]

This is excellent, excellent, excellent! I didn't use cookie cutters, just household circular shaped objects, so they may not have been as beautiful, but they were still pretty and DELICIOUS. MMMM! I am thinking an easier alternative might be to spread jam on cookie after baking, although it wouldn't be warm jelly. The warm jelly makes it even better. It is my new favorite cookie recipe. This is a keeper!

[rangergurl]

These were great - I didn't have 2 nesting cutters, so I used a crab cookie cutter and a snapple jar for the nested center for the tops. They come out looking like ticks, which, for me, is AWESOME!!! Brought them into work, and the kids just can't get enough of them. The girls are kindov squeamish, but the boys think it's the kewlest thing ever. (the strawberry jam looks like blood)... Def not for you girlie girls out there, but it's a sure hit with the kids, esp for the upcoming tick season! :)

[Funda]

Really fantastic. Made for a cookie swap and had to make more for my family. Filled with orange marmalade (my favorite with hot tea), raspberry jam and Nutella. Thanks so much. I will be making these again!