Jam Heart Cookies

Jam Heart Cookies, a recipe that embodies love in every bite you take! Made with rich and tender pasta frolla, these cookies offer a melt-in-your-mouth experience, making them the perfect treat for Valentine's Day or to add a touch of elegance to any wedding celebration.

Each cookie cradles a heart of delicious jam, symbolizing the heartwarming love that couples share. These Jam Heart Cookies promise to capture hearts and delight palates with their exquisite blend of sweetness and affection!

Jam Heart Cookies are romantic heart-shaped pasta frolla cookies, generously filled with jams or creams of different flavors.

The recipe is really quick and easy to make. To the classic pasta frolla with butter, flour, eggs and sugar you add a pinch of baking powder to make it more crumbly.

I used an electric stand mixer to make the pasta frolla, but if you prefer, you can make the dough by hand.

Roll out the pasta frolla into a thin layer and cut out heart-shaped cookies. When all the cookies are baked, stack the heart-shaped cookies on top of each other. Use jams or other creams as glue. I used strawberry jam, cocoa cream, and white chocolate cream. Of course, you can choose any filling you like.

Perfect for celebrating the most romantic days of your life! You can enjoy these jam heart cookies for a romantic breakfast or snack with a cup of coffee or tea. You can also put them in a bag or box, tie them with ribbon and give them as a loving thought made with your own hands!

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• Ingredients
• Kitchen Tools and Equipment
• Instructions
• Storage
• Variations
• Recipe Card

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Ingredients

Prep Time: 15 Min | Cooling Time: at least 1 Hour in the fridge | Cook Time: 12 Min Servings: About 20 Cookies

For Pasta Frolla

• 250 g (~2 cups) of "00" flour
• 100 g (~½ cup) of granulated sugar
• 120 g (½ cup) of unsalted cold butter
• 1 whole medium egg at room temperature
• ⅙ teaspoon of fine salt
• ½ teaspoon of baking powder
• ½ teaspoon of the pulp and seeds of 1 vanilla pod (optional) or the zest of ½ organic lemon (optional)
• icing sugar for decoration

For the Filling

I used these ingredients, but you can still use just jam. Maybe use different flavors!

• 2 tablespoons of strawberry jam
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa cream spread (e.g Nutella)
• 2 tablespoons of white chocolate cream spread

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Kitchen Tools and Equipment

• You will need a rolling pin and a pastry board.
• I used a stand mixer for the dough. I recommend KitchenAid Artisan Series 5 Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer
• To make these jam heart cookies, you will need special heart-shaped cookie cuttersin a variety of sizes.
• In Italy, we often give homemade cookies as gifts for various occasions and anniversaries. If you want to give a sweet and romantic gift, for example for Valentine's Day, take a look at these cookie boxes or cookie bags. They are beautiful and very useful for storing and wrapping your cookies in an elegant way.

Instructions

Make the Pasta Frolla

Step 1) - In the bowl of your stand mixer combine the chopped butter, sifted flour, egg, sugar and baking powder. Flavor to taste with the grated zest of half a lemon or the seeds of the vanilla pod.

Step 2) - Start the stand mixer at medium speed for about 30 seconds with the leaf attachment to mix all the ingredients well. Then insert the dough hook to knead until a firm ball of dough forms.

Step 3) - Transfer the dough to a lightly floured pastry board. Compact the dough ball well with your hands. It should be smooth and homogeneous. Wrap the pasta frolla with a sheet of plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

After the resting time has ended, roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of ½ cm (0.2 inch) on a lightly floured work surface.

For more information, steps, tips and curiosities read Pasta Frolla Recipe (Italian Sweet Shortcrust Pastry).

Cut out the Cookies

Step 4) - Now, with the largest cookie cutter, cut out as many hearts as possible until you run out of dough.

Step 5) - With the smaller cookie cutter, cut out half of the cookies in the center.

PLEASE NOTE: Of course, cutting out the middle parts as well will make delicious and beautiful little heart-shaped cookies!

Bake

Step 6) - Place all the heart-shaped cookies (whole and cut out) on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (356°F) for about 10-12 minutes.

Step 7) - Once baked, remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack. Then sprinkle them with powdered sugar.

Spread 1 teaspoon of your chosen filling (jams or creams of different flavors) over the whole heart-shaped cookies.

PLEASE NOTE: Do not overdo the amount to prevent the filling from leaking out of the cookies.

Step 8) - Overlap the carved shortbread cookies onto the whole heart cookies with the filling in the center. Your jam heart cookies are ready! Buttery and fragrant!

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• Traditional Italian Canestrelli Recipe
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Storage

You can prepare the pasta frolla 2 or 3 days before making the cookies. Store in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic wrap.

You can also freeze the pasta frolla and keep it in the freezer for up to 1 month.

Jam heart cookies will keep at room temperature for about 4-5 days if stored unopened in an airtight container.

Variations

As you can imagine, there are many variations of these heart-shaped cookies. You can also flavor the cookies in different ways. This way you can make the cookies unique each time, while keeping the recipe very simple.

• In addition to the fillings I used, you can also try pistachio or extra dark chocolate cream.
• The most popular flavors, as we have seen, are lemon zest or vanilla. You can also add a little cinnamon or almond flavoring.
• If you like, you can add 50 ml (3 ⅓ tablespoons) of aniseed liqueur or limoncello to the dough.
• You can also use chocolate shortcrust pastry and make the hearts in two colors.

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