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Jam Filled Heart Cookies

These Jam Filled Heart Cookies are soft, buttery sandwich cookies with a sweet jam center. Made with simple pantry ingredients and finished with a heart-shaped cutout, they’re perfect for Valentine’s Day, special occasions, or anytime you want a homemade treat that feels extra thoughtful.

Course cookies, Snack
Cuisine American/Canadian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 18
Calories 125 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup Soft butter – 150 g about 2/3 cup
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar – 60 g about 1/2 cup
  • 1 large Egg white – 1 large
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour – 250 g about 2 cups less a tablespoon
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
  • 1 pinch Salt – a pinch

Instructions

Make the Dough

  1. Bring the butter to room temperature. Beat until smooth and creamy.
  2. Add the powdered sugar and mix well until fully combined.
  3. Add the vanilla extract, salt, and egg white. Mix until smooth.
  4. Gradually add the flour, mixing with a spatula or whisk as you go.
  5. Continue mixing until a soft, smooth dough forms.
  6. Cover the dough with a clean cotton cloth and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll and Cut

  1. Remove the dough from the fridge and lightly flour your work surface.
  2. Roll the dough evenly to about 1–1.5 cm thickness.
  3. Using one large heart-shaped cookie cutter and one smaller heart cutter, cut:
  4. Full heart cookies
  5. Heart “frames” by cutting a small heart out of the center of the large heart
  6. Gather and re-roll scraps as needed to cut more cookies.

Bake

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F.
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  3. Arrange cookies on the tray and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
  4. Avoid overbaking — the cookies will firm up as they cool.

Decorate

  1. Pair one full heart cookie with one heart-frame cookie.
  2. Spread a small amount of jam on the full heart and gently place the heart frame on top.
  3. Spoon or spread jam into the center cutout.
  4. Repeat with remaining cookies.