Description
Soft buttery cookies shaped like flowers and filled with sweet jam, perfect for spring baking with kids.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- jam of choice
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
- Add egg and almond extract and mix well
- Whisk flour and salt and combine with wet mixture
- Roll dough into balls and place on baking sheet
- Flatten and create flower shapes with thumbprints
- Fill centers with jam
- Chill dough before baking
- Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes
- Cool before serving
Notes
- Do not overfill jam
- Chill dough to maintain shape
- Use high-quality jam for best flavor
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 60
- Fat: 8
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 16
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 25