Sugar Cookies with an Apple Pie Jam filling are sure to be a hit at the Christmas Cookie Walk or Bake Sale Fundraiser this holiday season.
I was inspired to make these cookies after reading Murder by Chocolate. The first in the Bite-Sized Bakery Cozy Mysteries.......
Okay, full disclosure, I went into my library app. I purposely looked for a cozy mystery set in a Bakery that I could listen to while making cookies just so that I could cross off this category on the Bingo Card that I am trying to get a coverall on. This challenge is being hosted by Heather of Foodies Read.
This book is a typical cozy mystery but not one that will have me continuing the series. The Bakery in this series is on a Food Truck in Maine where Ruby and her friend, Bee have traveled for their grand opening on the beach. They don't have the bakery open for long because the food truck is confiscated in the first chapter due to a murder investigation.
So Ruby and Bee set out to solve the murder so that they can get the truck back and get baking again. So although the only food mentioned from their bakery was a chocolate cake, there was a lot of food mentioned that was prepared for others and eaten by them, including cookies.
I like grabbing a cozy mystery when I want a quick read that I can finish in a couple of hours. They are great for at the beach, on an airplane, or for listening to when you go for a walk or in this case, while baking cookies and doing housework.
I'm not sorry that I listened to it. It wasn't terrible but Ruby's character didn't make me want to sit down and become friends with her. Normally, I become engaged with the protagonist in a cozy mystery.
But it did help me to fill in another category on the Bingo Card with Set in a Bakery. I have 3 more categories to go. Here are the recipes that I shared in the other categories.......
- Bisquick Cookies from a Library Book
- Lemon Pepper Potato Wedges from a Cookbook
- Navajo Green Chile Stew from a Historical book
- Venison Banh Mi Burgers from a book about Restaurant Life
- Hot Honey Caramel Sauce from a book set in a Foreign Country
- Gnudi from a book that is Part of a Series
- Apple Pie Cookies from a book that Has Fruit on the Cover
- Lobster Salad from a book that was Published Before 2023
- No Recipe but a Review written from a book featuring Coffee or Tea
- Magically Easy Gingerbread Pumpkin Cake from a book Set on a Farm or Vineyard
- Spaghetti Carbonara from a Memoir
- Sweet Potato Soup from a Book I Linked up to Foodies Read
- Vegetable Lo Mein from a Mystery
- Pumpkin, Orange, and Date Muffins from a book with a Food Truck
- Dijon Chicken from a Newly Released book
- Chocolate Cream Pie from a Book I Made a Recipe From
- A Cheese Plate paired with Wine from a Book written by an Author of a Different Gender than I
- Chocolate Fudge Raspberry Bars using Raspberry Mango Jam
- Candied Jalapeno Cheese Ball using Candied Jalapeno Jam
- Purple Haze Ice Cream using Lavender Jam
- Blueberry Basil Jam Muffins using Blueberry Basil Jam
- Magical Ingredients Honey Cake using a Ginger Peach Jam
- Grilled Fruit Salad using Grapefruit Jam
- Yuletide Bliss Pinwheel Cookies using a Cranberry Spice Jam
Apple Pie Thumbprints
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 c. flour
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- pinch of salt
- half pint of Apple Pie Jam (or your favorite jam)
Instructions
- In large bowl of stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour just until incorporated. Stir in the salt and baking soda. Increase speed and mix until well combined.
- Cover and refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
- Using a small cookie scoop, roll the dough into balls and place on cookie sheets lined with parchment or silicone mats, spacing 2" apart. Use your thumb to make indentations in the cookies and then fill the indentation with jam.
- Bake in a preheated 375* oven for 12 minutes, until cookies are golden brown around the edges. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
93.97Fat (grams)
4.38 gSat. Fat (grams)
2.62 gCarbs (grams)
12.32 gFiber (grams)
0.21 gNet carbs
12.11 gSugar (grams)
6.3 gProtein (grams)
1.56 gSodium (milligrams)
51.28 mgCholesterol (grams)
20.44 mg
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