Buttery tasting with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, these flower cookies are as delicious as they are beautiful. These cookies have flower shapes on top that are filled with red and orange strawberry and apricot jams. Whether you want a sweet treat to have with tea in the afternoon or a dessert after dinner, these cookies are truly special.
To make the flower cookies, you make a cookie dough by mixing butter with brown sugar, white sugar, egg yolk, flour, salt, and baking powder. Then, the dough gets shaped into cookies, indented to create flower shapes, and filled with jam. Finally, they are baked in the oven so that the cookies firm up and become light golden on their bottoms and the jam sets.
What are Flower Cookies?
Flower cookies are sweet and buttery round cookies containing jam. The cookies are indented to create flower shapes and are filled with fruity jams for added color and flavor.
Pro Tips
- Make sure the butter is pre-softened before you start making the dough for this recipe.
- Use a cookie scoop to divide the dough into even-sized cookies.
- Use a flat-bottomed glass to flatten each dough ball into a cookie.
- Feel free to use other types of jam if desired such as grape jam, fig jam, or raspberry jam.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Can I Tell the Flower Cookies are Baked?
You will know the cookies are baked when they are light golden on their bottoms and edges. If they still seem a little soft coming out of the oven, rest assured that they will firm up as they cool.
Can I Use Another Type of Jam in the Cookies?
Yes, you could! While strawberry and apricot give the centers of these cookies a beautiful red or orange color, you could easily replace them with blueberry or grape jam for a purple color, or use raspberry or cherry jam in place of strawberry for a red color.
Can I Add Other Flavorings to the Cookies?
Yes, if you would like the cookies to have a vanilla flavor, you could add some vanilla extract to the dough. Alternatively, you could add some almond extract to impart an almond taste to the cookies.
How to Store Flower Cookies
Leftover flower cookies can be stored in a closed container at room temperature for up to 4 to 5 days.
Ingredients
How to Make Flower Cookies
Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C). In a large bowl, beat the butter with the white sugar, brown sugar, and egg yolk until creamy. Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt in another bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined.
Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C). In a large bowl, beat the butter with the white sugar, brown sugar, and egg yolk until creamy. Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt in another bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined.
Divide the dough into 16 balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use a glass to press the balls into rounds.
Divide the dough into 16 balls and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Use a glass to press the balls into rounds.
Using your fingers, indent a flower shape into each cookie. Fill them with the strawberry and apricot jam, and place a small ball of dough in their middles. Bake them for 15 minutes.
Using your fingers, indent a flower shape into each cookie. Fill them with the strawberry and apricot jam, and place a small ball of dough in their middles. Bake them for 15 minutes.
Allow them to cool before serving.
Allow them to cool before serving.
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