Jam Filled Bow Tie Cookies

Monday, November 30, 2020
This vintage recipe for Jam filled bow tie cookies are so delicate and delicious, this will be your go-to recipe for any cookie tray.


Just a warning, they smell so good baking you can hardly wait to eat them off the hot cookie sheet!


These buttery colorful gems are filled with a delicious filling from jams to nuts and fruits with my many suggestiosn below.


One of the unique characteristics of this cookie is how pretty they are to serve to look like a little bow for presents around the holiday especially filled with red jams.


They really look so cute on a cookie tray besides tasting delicious.


Growing up in an Italian household, you never knew what creative ideas would come out of the oven next and mom was always trying a new filling the dough is so versatile.


Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the printable recipe card.




a jam filled Italian Cookie Shaped into bow ties with powdered sugar








Easy Cookies to Make



The one thing that stands out in my mind is to have a pastry fluted edge cookie cutter.


These cookies are so much prettier with that tool and I still have mom's, it's over 100 years old.


You can get the pastry cookie round cutter at any cake decorating store online.


Just a word of caution, these cookies are addicting and you may have to make a double batch.




a jam filled Italian Cookie Shaped into bow ties with powdered sugar






Tools You Will Need

  1. rolling pin
  2. pastry cutter with fluted edge
  3. bowl
  4. measuring spoons
  5. measuring cups
  6. spatula
  7. bowl
  8. pastry mat
  9. cookie sheet




this is a ball of dough to make jam filled cookies





Ingredients You Will Need


  • butter
  • flour
  • egg
  • Assorted jams and fillings, pineapple, raspberry, apricot, blueberry, Nutella, almond paste ( whatever you like)
  • powdered sugar
  • note: (tools needed) a fluted egg pastry cookie cutter




this is dough for making jam filled cookies

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a jam filled Italian Cookie Shaped into bow ties with powdered sugar





Suggestions for Fillings

  • jam fillings such as cherry, blueberry, pineapple, apricot, orange marmalade peach, blackberry, red raspberry,fig
  • mixed fillings with walnuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, dates or raisins
  • ground pistachios, egg white with a little almond paste mixed in
  • maraschino red and green cherries chopped
  • Nutella
  • coconut and chopped chocolate or mini chocolate chips
  • peanut butter





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Italian Cookies



Mom always made pretty cookies for weddings and holidays like Easter or Christmas.


My favorite jam was always red raspberry, but mom loved apricot or pineapple.


These cookies look so beautiful with an assortment of colorful different jams


You will always find these cookies at Italian Weddings, Communions, Baptisms, and Confirmations, they were a must make or you may like my other 24 cookie roundup to enjoy.


You'll be getting several compliments on these cookies no matter what you bake them for, so print off a bunch of copies below to hand out!




Jam Filled Bow Tie Cookies
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Jam Filled Bow Tie Cookies

Yield: 32
Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 13 MinTotal time: 28 Min
These are flaky buttery pastry cookies with jam in the middle made to look like bows for the holiday season.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 large egg, beaten (for the egg wash to seal edges)Garnish with powdered sugar
  • Filling  Suggestions:
  • jam fillings such as cherry, blueberry, pineapple, apricot, orange marmalade peach, blackberry, red raspberry,fig
  • mixed fillings with walnuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, dates or raisins
  • ground pistachios, egg white with a little almond paste mixed in
  • maraschino red and green cherries chopped
  • Nutella
  • coconut and chopped chocolate or mini chocolate chips
  • peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together to make the soft dough in a heavy mixer. 
  2. This is easier to handle if you refrigerate it for 20 minutes.
  3. Flour a cutting board., roll the dough out. 
  4. Cut with a fluted edged pastry cutter or use a  circle cookie cutter. 
  5. Fill with a little bit of the jam or another filling you prefer (even an assorment of them). 
  6. Brush edges with egg wash.
  7. Fold circle toward the center and pinch to form bows in the middle.
  8. Bake at 400 hot preheated oven until set. 
  9. Around 10 to 15 minutes until slightly golden brown.
  10. Cool completely on wax paper or parchment paper. 
  11. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Disclosure: This recipe was originally shared in 2017. It was edited and re-published in 2020.