Jam Drops
Our old fashioned jam drops are the most delicious melt-in-your mouth thumbprint cookies filled with sweet jam! Made from just 6 ingredients with less than 10 minutes preparation time!
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Servings: 40 serves
Calories: 76kcal
Equipment
- Beaters, stand-mixer or Thermomix
- Oven
Ingredients
- 180 g butter softened to room temperature
- 220 g (1 cup) caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 300 g (2 cups) plain flour sifted
- ½ tsp baking powder
- jam any flavour
Instructions
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Grease and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Beat the sugar and softened butter with electric beaters or a stand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and continue to mix until combined.
- Sift in the plain flour and baking powder. Stir gently to combine.
- Roll the mixture into small balls (2 teaspoons of mixture per ball).
- Place the cookie balls onto the baking trays and use the tip of your little finger to create an indent in the middle that goes apprximately one-third to one-half of the way down).
- Place a very small (TINY!) amount of jam into each indent.
- Place the trays into the fridge and chill for 30 minutes.
- Bake the cookies for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Leave the cookies on the baking trays for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Grease and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar for 20 seconds, Speed 4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat for a further 20 seconds, Speed 4.
- Add egg and mix for 10 seconds, Speed 4.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix for 20 seconds, Speed 5.
- Roll the mixture into small balls (2 teaspoons of mixture per ball).
- Place the cookie balls onto the baking trays and use the tip of your little finger to create an indent in the middle that goes apprximately one-third to one-half of the way down).
- Place a very small (TINY!) amount of jam into each indent.
- Place the trays into the fridge and chill for 30 minutes.
- Bake the cookies for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Leave the cookies on the baking trays for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
RECIPE NOTES & TIPS
Ingredient Notes:
- butter – you can use either salted or unsalted butter for this recipe. Soften the butter to room temperature before using.
- caster sugar – this is also known as superfine sugar and is a fine white sugar
- egg – I recommend using a large egg (approximately 60g)
- plain flour – this is also known as all-purpose flour
- baking powder – this acts as the rising agent in this recipe
- jam – you can use absolutely any kind of jam you like! Strawberry, raspberry, apricot or blueberry are all popular options.
- carefully measure your baking powder – only ½ teaspoon is required. The baking powder is the rising agent in this recipe so it’s important not to use too much!
- use just 2 teaspoons of mixture per jam drop. It might look like your jam drop mixture balls are tiny, but they will flatten and spread once baked.
- the most important tip to avoid spreading is to chill the biscuits before baking! This allows the fat in the butter to solidify, which means that it will slowly melt when baked. If you don’t chill the biscuits, they will almost certainly over-spread.
- Roll balls using 2 teaspoons of mixture and place onto flat baking trays. Place the balls at least 5cm-6cm apart to allow for spreading.
- Use the tip of your little finger to create an indent in the middle of each ball. The indent should go approximately one-third to one-half of the way through the ball.Don’t flatten the ball (it will flatten and spread when baking).
- Use just a tiny amount of jam (and I can’t stress TINY anymore!) in each indent. The jam should almost come to the top of the indent but should not be completely to the top or the jam will run when baked.
- Rotate the trays partway through cooking.
- The cookies are cooked when they are just lightly golden.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 76kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 34mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.3mg