TWD~Buttery Jam Cookies

15 Dec

[SinglePic not found]The holiday panic has caught on at my house.  How about you?  When extended shopping hours, extended baking hours, extended everything hours are part of the season, what better way to soothe the frenzy than sipping your favorite hot beverage and nibbling on Dorie’s Buttery Jam Cookies.  They do spark the memories of eating hot biscuts (from scratch, of course) at my grandmother’s house with butter and honey.  Early on Sunday mornings before church, we always had a hot breakfast with eggs, biscuts and bacon.  A variety of home made jams and preserves were also on the table, made with love from a dear great aunt and uncle.  All of these childhood pictures are the reason why I would find these to be a very comforting little cookie.  The kind of cookie you would share … while visiting with a friend or neighbor .  Coffee and Buttery Jam Cookies.[SinglePic not found]

I followed the recipe as written, using one of my favorite flavors, Apricot Jam.   As I looked down in the mixing bowl I realized  this little cookie really is a friend to savory biscuts as well.  I had a wave of “been there done that,”  maybe with cheese and herbs or cayenne pepper.  I don’t know if anyone else had that feeling or not.  Deja Vu [SinglePic not found]

This cookie was chosen by Heather from Randomosity and the Girl.  Thanks so much Heather.  A nice comforting cookie for your cookie jar.  If you would like to visit Heather for the recipe just click on the link or head down to your local bookstore for Baking from My Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan.   

Thank you for visiting and if you have left me comments in the past, I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you gave.  Wishing you a very Merry Christmas or a Happy Holiday Season with your family.   

Thanks also to my third child and my youngest son who is my photographer and my web guru.  He and I are enjoying the development and the fun together.  He just had a birthday and turned 15.  Poor guy, now that he is the only kiddo at home, he’s stuck with me and all the attention he missed the last 15 years.  he he :-)

24 Responses to “TWD~Buttery Jam Cookies”

  1. Sabrina 15. Dec, 2008 at 9:28 pm #

    Mmm those look melt in your mouth delicious! Your photos are very nice! Good job youngest son! :)

    Merry Christmas!!

  2. food librarian 15. Dec, 2008 at 9:55 pm #

    These look great and I love when food stirs memories. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and your family – including your webmaster/kid! – mary the food librarian

  3. Laurie 15. Dec, 2008 at 10:33 pm #

    I am so glad you like them! I have made them several times now when I just wanted a simple cookie to snack on. My fav is still the original apricot. Ill be making them again tomorrow.

    Merry Christmas to you and yours Amy!

  4. Cristine 16. Dec, 2008 at 2:11 am #

    Your cookies look great! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!!

  5. HoneyB 16. Dec, 2008 at 4:26 am #

    Great job and happy holidays to your family also!

  6. Lauren 16. Dec, 2008 at 7:28 am #

    I too, thought this was more biscuit than cookie. As always, enjoy your bolg. Happy Holdiay.

  7. chocolatechic 16. Dec, 2008 at 7:51 am #

    They look wonderful.

    Mine didn’t seem very ‘biscuity’.

  8. Caitlin 16. Dec, 2008 at 9:49 am #

    Those look wonderful, and wonderfully easy for such a busy time of year. And yes, I thought about the savory options too, I think this recipe could definitely swing that way. Beautiful photos!

  9. Peggy 16. Dec, 2008 at 9:51 am #

    I loved these – especially that they were so easy to make!! Yours look great as always.

  10. kim 16. Dec, 2008 at 10:02 am #

    they look wonderful! that is such a good idea for savory biscuits with this dough, i can definitely see that. a little cheese would be delicious :)
    happy holidays!!

  11. Kayte 16. Dec, 2008 at 10:39 am #

    They do taste like little biscuits with jam and I loved that about them, too. Yours look wonderful. Thanks for sharing your memories, always fun.

  12. Leanne 16. Dec, 2008 at 11:10 am #

    It did stir memories of eating breakfast at my granparents house. I loved them too!

  13. Cathy 16. Dec, 2008 at 2:02 pm #

    Yes, we are in full-blown panic mode here, too! I blame blogging and Facebooking for the fact that I am so behind on Christmas! But it’s all fun, though. I am so glad that you enjoyed these cookies! Yours look really yummy — I agree that they were somewhat “biscuity.”

    I’ve enjoyed visiting your blog this year, and I hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!

  14. Rhiani 16. Dec, 2008 at 8:47 pm #

    I think I’ve been in panic mode for months, everything seems to be piling on top of everything else this year. Great job on the cookies; it is always fun to make a recipe that stirs up memories.

    And kudos to your photographer – the pictures are perfect.

  15. Leslie 17. Dec, 2008 at 8:39 am #

    I agree-these reminded me of biscuits, too!

  16. Jaime 17. Dec, 2008 at 8:35 pm #

    i thought these were kinda like biscuits too! but i still enjoyed them :) yours turned out perfect!

  17. Teanna 18. Dec, 2008 at 8:04 am #

    I am TOTALLY in that last minute panic!! I hope you are better off than I am! Your cookies look great!

  18. Margaret 18. Dec, 2008 at 8:51 pm #

    These look great. Guess I will have to try them eventually. With Lemon Curd maybe, or blackberry preserves….

  19. Elizabeth - Cake or Death? 20. Dec, 2008 at 12:22 am #

    You’re right, these cookies did seem very biscuity, with the same flaky texture. I think they’d be great with chives and cheese.

  20. Shari 21. Dec, 2008 at 9:04 pm #

    I like your idea of turning these into savory cookies!

  21. Wendy 23. Dec, 2008 at 2:54 pm #

    Your cookies look wonderful. Happy holidays!

  22. Nancy (n.o.e.) 27. Dec, 2008 at 7:40 am #

    These turned out to be a Christmas cookie favorite around here. Very comforting indeed. Kudos to your son for a job well done.
    Nancy

  23. Jennifer 28. Dec, 2008 at 3:43 pm #

    These cookies are fabulous! Your son is doing a wonderful job with the photos!!!!

  24. Amy Ruth 02. Jan, 2009 at 11:43 am #

    Nancy – Thank you for the “Kudos” to Corbin -my photographer.
    He is very excited about this project. Santa brought new camera toys, etc. So we are all about the photos. Fun with Corbin.

    Jennifer – Thanks for looking at the photos. Its nice to have a teen ager who actually wants to hang out in the kitchen with the “Mom.” :-)

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