The Christmas season is getting closer and closer, and various cookies and Christmas sweets have been available to buy in the supermarkets for weeks. That’s why my first Christmas preparations are slowly starting and baking cookies is definitely part of it.
Today I’m going to show you the first cookie recipe for this year, namely we bake very simple butter curls with jam filling, the dough is mixed together super quickly, then the cookies are piped onto the tray with a piping bag, filled with jam and ready to go into the oven. Have fun baking!
Cooked/Baked today: Baking Ring Shaped Butter Cookies with Jam Filling
Difficulty: Easy – Medium
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Category: Baking Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Sweets & More, Recipes with Jam, Christmas Recipes
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Baking Ring Shaped Butter Cookies with Jam Filling
Ingredients for about 24 Butter Cookies:
- 200 grams flour
- 200 grams soft butter
- 75 grams powder sugar
- 50 grams ground almonds
- 50 grams red jam
- 1 large egg
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- A pinch of salt
Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:
- Mixing bowl
- Baking sheet + baking paper
- Mixer
- Piping bag with star spout
Instructions:
…for ring shaped butter cookies:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven) or 200°C (top-bottom heat). Take the butter out of the fridge in good time. Put soft butter together with 75 grams of powdered sugar, 1 sachet of vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl and beat with a mixer for 1 – 2 minutes until soft & creamy.
Preparations & Method for Ring Shaped Butter Cookies
Next, add 1 egg, 200 grams of flour and 50 grams of ground almonds to the mixing bowl and mix together a mixer until a smooth batter is formed. Fill the batter into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe about 12 small rings/curls per baking tray onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Do not pipe the curls too large or wide and leave some space between the cookies.
Decorating Ring Shaped Butter Cookies
Finally, fill all the curls with a little bit jam and put the baking tray in the preheated oven for about 12 minutes. After the baking time, take the butter curls out of the oven and let them cool completely on the baking tray, if necessary decorate with additional powdered sugar. Have fun baking!
Video Tutorial:
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):