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Filled Cookies

Brown Sugar Jam-Filled Cookies

The combination of bright red jam or jelly and a tender, soft, and buttery crumb make these Brown Sugar Jam-filled Cookies a real treat!

Course Sweet Treats
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword Christmas Cookies, cookies,, drop cookies
My Island Bistro Kitchen My Island Bistro Kitchen

Ingredients

  • cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp cardamom
  • ½ cup chopped macadamia nuts
  • ¼ cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained and blotted in paper towel
  • ½ cup butter, softened at room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 tbsp milk, room temperature
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • Favorite jam or jelly

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and assemble ingredients. Line baking sheet(s) with parchment paper.

  2. In medium-sized bowl, sift or sieve together the flour, soda, salt, and cardamom. Set aside.

  3. Chop the cherries and nuts. Blot cherries in paper towel to remove excess moisture. Set aside.

  4. In bowl of stand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar at medium speed. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla just until blended.

  5. With mixer on slow "stir" speed, stir in dry ingredients just until combined. Do not overmix.

  6. Remove bowl from mixer stand and stir in the cherries and nuts.

  7. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet. With thumb, press indent into center of each cookie. Fill with ¼ - ½ tsp of favorite jam or jelly.
  8. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Do not overbake. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.

Recipe Notes

Yield: Apx. 30 cookies (depending on the size you choose to make)

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