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Jam Kolache Cookies

Recipe adapted from The Southern Living Cookbook 1987.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 3 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup fruit preserves
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  
  • In mixing bowl combine butter and cream cheese by using an electric mixer set on medium speed.  Beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add flour to butter/cream cheese mixture using a sturdy rubber spatula.
  • Once the flour is incorporated, form dough into ball.
  • You can refrigerate the dough for one hour up to overnight, but you do not have to do this if your kitchen is not too warm.
  • Lightly flour a surface and roll dough out to 1/8 inch thickness.  Lightly dust your rolling pin so that the pastry does not stick.
  • Cut pastry into 2 inch rounds using a cookie cutter dipped in flour.  Continue to do this until all dough is used.
  • Place cookies on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  • Spoon 1/4 teaspoon of jam into center of each cookie.  Carefully fold opposite edges together and seal by pinching dough.
  • Bake for approximately 12 minutes.  Keep a close eye on cookies so they only getting slightly golden on the edges.
  • Using a sieve, sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar and let cool completely before serving. 

Notes

  • You can choose to chill the dough after forming it into a ball.  Some think this helps in rolling and cutting the dough.  The pastry should stay cool while working it.  If your kitchen gets too warm it can cause the butter in the pastry to begin melting and make it very difficult to handle.
  • Use high quality preserves that are very thick.  If you use a cheaper jam/jelly, it will melt and run out of the cookies and all over the baking sheet.
  • If you have a convection oven use it.  Convection ovens are perfect for baking pastries, flaky cookies and biscuits.  The air that circulates provide even baking and also lets you place several trays of cookies in the oven without any need for re-positioning them throughout the bake.
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