Holiday Baking Month: Jelly Shortbread Rounds
Prep: 40 minutes Bake: 12 minutes
My friend Liz of Lizwritesstuff.com has an amazing shortbread recipe and was kind enough to share it with me. Then I added some of my Wild Berry Compote/Jam to create a fun cookie that’s not too sweet and fun as you go. Most of the prep time is for making the jam recipe above which then needs at least 20 to chill as well. Otherwise this takes about 20 minutes total.
Ingredients
2 cups soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups flour
Prep
Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C)
In a bowl add the butter and sugar and cream this together.
Add the vanilla and mix well
Add the flour to this and mix super well. This will turn crumbly but can be pressed together to be formed
Ball this together and sprinkle some flour on top if needed to roll the dough out. You can choose the thickness but a couple centimeters thick is sufficient
Grab 2 circle cutters, one smaller than the other
Cut out even amount of bigger circles
Take half and cut out the centers with the smaller circles
Lay flat on a tray and bake about 10-12 minutes, the edges might start to brown but they don’t really change much otherwise
Let cool fully, they should be slightly hard when pressed
Take a pair of full circle and non.
Flip the full circle over
Take a dollop of jam and add to center of the circle
Add a cut out circle to the top so the jam pops through and press together
Do this with all of them
Afterthoughts
These were so tasty. The shortbread cookies are amazing on their own and the jam is a perfect addition that isn’t too sweet so that it’ll change the taste palate. This was easy to make and fun to eat.
