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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Eggless Apricot Jam Biscuits


I was looking for a jam cookie recipe as we are great fans of strawberry shortbread cookies and landed here. However at the last minute, I substituted apricot preserves instead of strawberry jam. I had a bottle of apricot preserves lying in the refrigerator for months without anyone touching it and finally found a delicious way to use it. This recipe yields crispy, subtly sweet cookies.

Ingredients: (Yield about 20 - 22)
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup vanilla custard powder (I replaced some with flour.)
1/4 cup cornstarch / corn flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 cup butter (I used about 5-6 Tbsp)
3 Tbsp yogurt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract


Method:
* Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy.
* Add the flours and mix well. Stir in the yogurt and form a smooth dough.
* Roll out the dough, into about 5 mm thickness. Cut them into desired shapes using a mould and make an impression in the centre to fill in the jam. (I used a round cookie cutter and made the impression in the center using a small bottle cap. If you don't have the mould, use your thumb to make the impression.)


* Place them on a greased baking tray. Fill the impressions with the jam. Bake for about 15 minutes or until done.

After baking

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Comments

22 comments:

Jayanthi said...

The cookies are looking absolutely delicious. Amazing way to use the preserve.

Hari Chandana P said...

Wowwww... Yummy !!!
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The Pumpkin Farm said...

yummy thumbprint cookies...i so want to make them...lovely

Sravs said...

perfectly baked biscuts !! looks so YUM !!

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Rasi said...

Looks great.. will try this..had an another recipe for thumb pressed cookies.. these look easy too :)

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Unknown said...

Yummmyyy Jam biscuits are my favorite too tooooooo tempting...

Srivalli said...

Suma, those cookies are so tempting and colourful..I guess apricot must have been so delicious when it was warm..do send these for kid's delight..

chef and her kitchen said...

delicious n pretty looking biscuits..looks yumm

Archana said...

love the cookies. I love the jam filled cookies called jim jam biscuits. No one eats them at home but me. So i am going to indulge myself and make some for meeeeeeeee.

lubnakarim06 said...

Love those crunchy goodies.....

Kanan said...

yummy looking cookies. I would love to use strawberry jam

Harini R said...

Very cute..I haven't tried Jam biscuits so far but these are mighty tempting!

Usha said...

I could easily finish off that platter of biscuits for my breakfast as I blog hop..

FewMinute Wonders said...

I love jam biscuit. In fact yesterday at the store, I had to struggle between picking a box of those and pecan cookies. Thank you for the recipe.

Rajani said...

Absolutely delicious!

Ms.Chitchat said...

An inviting platter of cookies, looks tasty, bookmarked.

Anjali Bapna Shukla said...

Gosh, this is heavenly!!
Gulp it goes down the throat... :)

Vanamala Hebbar said...

Tempting...never tried jams at my kitchen.

Chef Mireille said...

these look amazing..reminds me of cookies I did once with Cloudberry jam (recipe was from Finland)

Mireille
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Sumi said...

beautiful cookies.I fell i love with them.I love Apricot jam, so Iam sure to make them.:)

Kalyani said...

please pass me that entire tray, Suma :) Awesome looking ! and sooo addictive !


Kalyani
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Degchi said...

Wow!! the cookies are perfectly done. they are looking so beautiful like a spring flowers.