Volcano Jimmy-Jams

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"You will see jam exploding out of some of the Jimmy-Jams like a volcano, especially when you first take them out of the oven -[ so delicious!!"

 

• Ready In: 12mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup smucker's pure strawberry jam

directions

1. Cream butter and icing sugar until smooth. Beat in egg yolks until fluffy. Add the flour, a bit at a time, and mix on low speed until it is all mixed inches
2. Gather the dough and flatten it out to look like a small Frisbee. Wrap in plasric wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 325°F Grease or line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
4. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thickness. You need to use a LOT of flour so it doesn't stick.
5. Cut 2-inch circles with a small drinking glass or cookie cutter. Put one circle on the cookie sheet. Add about 1/2 teaspoons jam in the center of the dough, then out another circle on top. Squish together the edges with a fork (be careful not to break the top of the cookie and let the jam out). Fill up your cookie sheet with the cookies 1-inch apart.
6. Bake for about 12 minutes on the middle rack or until the edges turn light brown.