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Stick the butter in a mixing bowl.
Add the suger and vanilla essence.
Have an argument with your boyfriend over whether a couple of grams extra will *really* ruin the entire batch of cookies… Seriously James is ridiculously particular with his measuring.
Try not to stab him with your butter knife when he insists on spending 20min finding new batteries for his electric scale to get the measurements perfect.
Whip it with an electric beater until it starts getting fluffy and the butter gets a little lighter.
Add in the egg…
And the food colouring…
Whip it again and until it’s fairly fluffy.
The recipe here differs depending on who you are…
If you are James then: take forever finding a clean bowl and sift all the flours together making sure to mix thoroughly. Add it to the cookie mixture and mix until it forms a dough.
If you are Violet: get bored looking for a clean bowl and start dumping the flours into the current bowl, sifting is for suckers and people who don’t want to get some crafting done tonight too! Finally dig out a sifter half way through because of the look James is giving you. Sift it all into the bowl and mix until it forms a dough.
 
Stick the bowl into the fridge for 20 min to cool, when you get it out again it should be easy to roll into small balls and put on a baking papered tray. I used the 20min to go to the 7/11 and procure chocolate, but you should use yours for preheating your oven t0 180 degrees Celsius :D
It probably wasn’t actually 20min because my dough was still fairly soft. I was impatient to finish and sit down after having walked most of the day so I ignored the instructions :D
Aaaanyway poke your thumb into the middle of them so it forms a little well for the jam.
Then spoon in some jam! This is my favorite one, it’s strawberry and rose petal.
I decorated mine with some of those little sugar balls that I can never remember the name of.
Finally, stick them in the oven for 15minutes or until they look cooked. Interestingly enough it wasn’t the lack of precise measuring that killed my cookies… it was my being distracted by watching Xmen First Class and forgetting they were in the oven hahaha!
So mine were a little crispier than usual but still very delicious!! Be careful if you put in too much jam they will boil over. Also be VERY careful when you take them out because the jam will be liquidy and very hot so don’t burn yourself!
Still very yummy but I’ve decided to leave these to James and perhaps retitle this section from Food Friday to “Violet Sucks At Baking… Mostly Out Of Laziness And Lack Of Allocating Enough Time”. Catchy yes? I can totally make a Violet Sucks At Baking icon ;)
If you’re curious, they did actually taste the same as James’ version just a little browner ;)
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Those looks delicious!! I wonder how apple jam would fare…
Also, it’s totally still Friday in Washington State.
I bet it would taste like apple pie, mmmm I want to try it! Yay for international timezones! Now I feel less wrong XD
Crispier is better! hee hee. I love how in the next to the last photo your hair got onto the cookie sheet! LOLz It’s ok if you were late posting, better late then never. (at the risk of sounding cliche, lol) You are a busy woman and we readers must understand that, and it’s not good to spread yourself too thin. I appreciate you Violet, and all of your awesomeness with sharing and caring that you do. Hugs.
Your awesome pal,
Piper
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Hahaha I didn’t even notice XD Damn my long hair!! I totally love you Piper, you are so sweet to always reassure me :) *hugs* Your little drawing was so cute too!
You are simply adorable! :)
I’ve never made these, must try.
If it makes you feel better I am notorious for forgetting things in the oven. My timer has become my best friend!
PS. Those little balls are dragees, I think? :) Happy Weekend!!
Dragees? I should look it up! I feel better knowing I’m not the only absent minded person XD
delicius! yummy yummy! I like jam!
You should try them!
These look delicious and so cute I must try them out sometime xoxo
They don’t look as good as your brownies!
I don’t think I’ve left a comment for you yet, but I’ve been lurking around your blog for several months now, and with every post I love it more, so keep up the good work! I’ll have to try this recipe since my fiance has an undying love of strawberry jam.
Love your hair.
ADORE your nail sets, <>
Here’s my blog if you want to check it out. Keep being awesome and inspiring me to be cute!! ^.^
(link removed see comments policy <3 Violet)
:D Thanks so much for reading L, you are so sweet to comment, I really appreciate it!! I hope your fiance loves the cookies :D Thanks for the link I’m off to check out your blog now too!
OMG! I loved making jam drop cookies when I was little. Well, I know what I’m going to be doing this afternoon. I wonder if I cold make them a little more grown up? With fig jam and Cointreau drizzle maybe?
Ooo adult versions sound like they could be very interesting!
Omgosh, where does one find that amazing sounding jam :o?
St Dalfour make it and you can buy it from Coles. When I first found it couldn’t stop laughing because of what FIGJAM stands for. But it is incredibly delicious!
Oh I haven’t heard of that brand but I’m going to look out for it! XD Now you’ve got me laughing at FIGJAM too :P
Thank you!
I bought mine here: burchandpurchese.com It’s SO good!
Awesome, thanks so much :D! Can’t wait to try it.