Jam filled heart cookies sure are gorgeous, right? Just look at them. they appear so fancy, yet surprisingly they are easy to make. Don’t let these extravagant looking cookies fool you. I would see these cookies all the time, but never thought I would ever attempt making them. Seemingly difficult, I avoided it…until my pregnancy cravings hit! I would do anything to fulfill those cravings! Even making what I thoughht was some fancy cookie. I don’t know if you remember those powdered jelly-filled donuts Entenmann’s used to make? I swear these cookies taste just like that. I sure missed those donuts, until now.
Ingredients you will need for your cookies:
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 8 Ounces Vegan Butter
- 1/3 Cup Coconut Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- Raspberry Jam
- Powdered Sugar
- Pinch of Salt
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and baking soda
- In a separate bowl, mix together your vegan butter, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, and salt
- Pour the flour mixture in with the other ingredients and knead with your hands until all is combined
- Wrap in saran wrap and let sit in the fridge for about 20 minutes
- Preheat your over to 350 degrees while your dough is chilling in the refrigerator
- When the dough is ready, roll out onto lightly floured parchment paper
- Cut out cookies with the larger heart shaped cookie cutter
- Take your smaller heart shaped cutter and cut out heart on half of the cookies, you will be stacking them so 2 cookies actually equals 1 cookie
- Bake for about 10 minutes or just until they start to golden
- Once cookies have cooled, spread jam between two cookies and sandwich them together
- Lightly dust with powdered sugar
Jam Filled Heart Cookies
These jam filled heart cookies look a bit intimidating at first glance but they are actually quite simple to make! They are delicious and beautiful. Great for just about any occasion. The best part is they almost taste just like a jelly filled powdered donut! This recipe is vegan and can be made gluten-free as well.
Equipment
- Small heart cookies cutter
- Big heart cookie cutter
- Cookie Sheet
Ingredients
- 2 Cups White Flour or Gluten free flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 8 Ounces Vegan Butter
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1/3 Cup Coconut Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
- Raspberry Jam
- Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and baking soda
- In a separate bowl, mix together your vegan butter, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, and salt
- Pour the flour mixture in with the other ingredients and knead with your hands until all is combined
- Wrap in saran wrap and let sit in the fridge for about 20 minutes
- Preheat your over to 350 degrees while your dough is chilling in the refrigerator
- When the dough is ready, roll out onto lightly floured parchment paper
- Cut out cookies with the larger heart shaped cookie cutter
- Take your smaller heart shaped cutter and cut out heart on half of the cookies, you will be stacking them so 2 cookies actually equals 1 cookie
- Baked about 10 minutes or until they just start to golden
- Once cookies have cooled, spread jam between two cookies and sandwich them together
- Lightly dust with powdered sugar
Hope you enjoyed this recipe for jam filled heart cookies! Let me know how you like them if you make them.
What happened to putting the nuts In?? I hate to but I’m assuming they go in the first step, but…
I love these. You scored a big touchdown with these.
You can put them in at any time if you prefer using nuts:))