Butter cookies with jam.

Remember Cesare who baptized me to “ Zia Tata “ ? Well his school had a Christmas fair and there was some baking involved . So I took out my apron and baked him some cookies for his school. Quick and easy to prepare. Take care to prepare plenty of them as they will disappear in a flash !

Ingredients.

180 g 00 flour
70 g sugar
100 g butter ( room temperature )
2 egg yolks
Jam
Powdered sugar ( to decorate)

Let’s start to make the dough.

In a bowl, combine the flour,sugar and egg yolks.

Mix the ingredients with your fingers.

Add the butter in chunks and knead until the mixture is smooth, transfer the dough to a work surface and form a loaf ( more or less 30 cm) cover with plastic film and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 180° ( static).

Take the loaf of dough and cut it in 2 cm thick disks .

Line a dripping pan with parchment paper, work the disks between your palms to form little balls.

Place them on the dripping pan and press lightly with your thumb to form a little hole and add a teaspoon of jam.

Bake them in your preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.