big strawberry jam sandwich cookies
Cuisine: American
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (225g) butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • Lemon zest grated from 1 full lemon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • Strawberry jam
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until creamy and fluffy on high-speed, about 4 minutes. Add the sugar, lemon zest and salt, and beat for one more minute to combine. Add the egg yolks and beat to combine. Add the flour in two batches, beating between each addition to combine.
  3. Roll up the dough in a ball, and place it in between two sheets of waxing paper. With a rolling pin, roll it out until 2cm thick.
  4. With a large cookie cutter, cut out the cookies. Place on the baking sheet. Roll and flatten the remaining dough and cut with cookie cutters again until you have no dough remaining.
  5. Bake for 8 minutes until golden on the sides. Let cool for 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack.
  6. Separate the cookies in two different batches. Spread a tablespoon of strawberry jam on each cookie from one of the batches, and use the cookies from the remaining batch to cover them.
Notes
HEAVILY ADAPTED FROM: Bon Appetit's Blueberry Jam Sandwich Cookies
Recipe by Savormania at http://www.savormania.com/big-strawberry-jam-sandwich-cookies/