Strawberry Jam Cookies
Brown butter, homemade strawberry jam, and a generous sprinkle of sea salt make these spring time cookies irresistible. These are soft cookies with a delicious jammy swirl, and they are easy to whip up, no chill time required.
Needing something warm and comforting this week for a sweet treat, I wanted a simple cookie that had a lot of yummy flavor and texture components. I wanted a rich flavor without having to spend too much time in the kitchen which is why this cookie has a browned butter base.
Brown butter gives a complex, toasty, almost nutty flavor to the cookie dough and compliments well with the chunky strawberry jam bits swirled inside. The sea salt gives a salty bite to the cookies that pairs well with the very sweet and sticky jam.
I used one of the many jars of strawberry jam I made in surplus last spring, a great way to encourage you to make fresh strawberry jam. It lasts forever when canned and every time I open a new jar it’s just as fresh and full of flavor as the day I made it.
I opted to swirl the strawberry jam into the cookie dough instead of stuffing the cookies for the simple reason that I really wanted a simple scoop and bake cookie. No fiddling with scooping, spooning, or stuffing cookies, the swirls of strawberry jam baked perfectly into each cookie. A strawberry stuffed cookie will be saved for another day though, don’t you worry.
These strawberry jam cookies require no chill time and can be scooped and bake right after the cookie dough is made. The results are a delicious cookie full of flavor that will satisfy any sweet tooth for a strawberry treat.
A wonderful cookie to celebrate strawberry season and all things spring!
Why I Love This Recipe
Flavor-The base of the cookie dough has brown butter, giving these cookies a rich delicious flavor. The strawberry jam is homemade and very sweet, adding pops of strawberry flavor throughout the cookie dough. The vanilla extract in the cookie dough pairs well with the strawberry and brown butter flavor in the cookie while the sea salt balances the sweetness of the cookies.
Texture-This is more of a soft baked cookie and has a wonderful texture from the soft jam marbled through the dough. Think of it as a biscuit with jam in cookie form. The jammy bits that sometimes get baked on the outside of the cookies create a chewy jammy texture. The sea salt on top adds a little crunch to the cookies that I love.
Spring Cookies-These cookies are easy to put together, require no chill time, and are perfect for spring. You can easily double the recipe as well. Also, if you are looking for a great addition to Mother’s Day brunch, these cookies are fabulous with a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients You Need:
- Brown Butter– please refer to this post all about browning butter!
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Salt
- Egg
- Vanilla Extract-you can also use almond extract as well.
- Baking Soda
- Flour
- Strawberry Jam- homemade strawberry jam is my favorite but any jam you have on hand will do!
- Sea Salt- I love the flaked sea salt from Maldon.
Optional Mix-Ins
After making these cookie three different times, I made notes of alternative flavors and fun mix-ins you could add to the cookie dough base.
- ½ cup of chocolate. I would use chopped dark chocolate, but chocolate chips could work too.
- ¼ cup freeze dried strawberries. This would increase the strawberry flavor.
- ½ cup of toasted almond or pecans, chopped.
- ¼ cup of white chocolate chips and ½ cup of crushed graham cracker pieces. This would give the cookies a strawberry cheesecake flavor.
- Dip the cookies in chocolate ganache.
Let’s Make Cookies
I start out by browning butter in a pan first. Please refer to this post about BROWNED BUTTER for all of my tips and tricks on browning butter in your kitchen.
Transfer the butter to a large bowl and let the butter cool to room temperature before adding in the cookie dough ingredients. Once the butter is cooled, I mixed in both types of sugar and stir to combine.
I cracked the egg into the bowl and mixed well. There should be no traces of egg and the mixture should look smooth and glossy.
The vanilla extract and salt get added in next and stirred in followed by the flour and baking soda. Using a mesh sifter over the bowl, I sift the flour and baking soda into the wet ingredients to make sure there are no lumps. Slowly, I mix the flour to make a soft dough.
Using the back of my spatula, I flatten out the dough onto the bottom of the bowl making an even layer of cookie dough. I take 3 tablespoons of strawberry jam and swirl the jam into the dough using the back of the spatula. Gently, I fold the edges of the dough in the bowl over the jam making sure to press the dough on top of the jam. Do not mix jam in the dough, you want little bits of jam poking through.
When the dough is marbled with jam, I use a one-ounce cookie scoop to scoop out 18 portions of cookie dough. You can also use a tablespoon to scoop out the dough.
I place 6-8 pieces of dough per parchment lined cookie sheet and bake one cookie sheet at a time for 8-10 minutes in a 350*F oven. The cookies are ready when they are puffed up and the edges are slightly golden brown.
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for at least 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
I like to sprinkle the tops of the warm cookies liberally with flaked sea salt as they cool. Store leftover cookies in a tightly sealed container. Cookies will last 2-3 days after baking.
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Strawberry Jam Cookies
Ingredients
- 9 tbsp Butter unsalted. https://sunshinetxcookies.com/browned-butter/
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg room temperature.
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1¾ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 3 tbsp Strawberry Jam https://sunshinetxcookies.com/strawberry-jam/
- Flaked Sea Salt I used Maldon sea salt for sprinkling on top.
Instructions
- Brown the butter in a sauce pan. Cool to room temperature before making dough.
- Preheat oven to 350*F.
- Once the butter is cooled, add the sugars and salt and mix until combined.
- Add the egg and mix for a minute or two until all of the egg is incorporated and the mixture is smooth and glossy.
- Add the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- Sift the flour and baking soda over the wet ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms.
- Smooth the dough out into an even layer on the bottom of the bowl.
- Add the three tablespoons of strawberry jam and swirl into the dough using the spatula. Do not mix into the dough, you want pockets of jam in the cookie dough.
- Using a tablespoon or a 1 ounce cookie scoop, scoop 6-8 cookies per parchment lined baking tray.
- Bake one tray at a time in a 350*F oven for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should be slightly golden brown when done.
- Allow to cool on wire rack and sprinkle liberally with flaked sea salt.
- Enjoy!
