Walnut cookies with plum jam

This recipe for walnut cookies is a soft and chewy little miracle that I will want to repeat at least twice this autumn. They are easy to make and contain two very autumn like ingredients: plums and walnuts (the acorns are in the picture for decoration purposes only).

Here’s how to make it!

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Servings: ~25 pieces
Baking time: 15 min
Difficulty: easy

Ingredients

  • 120 g of butter
  • 60 g of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 150 g of flour
  • 1/2 tsp of baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 100 g of ground walnuts
  • plum jam (or any other jam, better if it is not too sweet)

Directions

  1. Bring the butter to room temperature.
  2. Mix in the sugar until it almost dissolves in the butter.
  3. Add the yolk only and mix it well in. Reserve the egg white.
  4. Mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt.
  5. Add the dry ingredients over the butter bit bi bit until they are well incorporated.
  6. Place the dough in the fridge, while you prepare the rest.
  7. Blend the walnuts, if you can’t find them grind in the supermarket already.
  8. Foam the egg white, not necessary to be stiff.
  9. Prepare the baking tray with a baking paper.
  10. Roll a ball of dough in your hand. Roll it through the egg white and then in the walnuts. Place a hole in the middle of it.
  11. Fill in that hole with plum jam. Since the cookies are already sweet, it is better to use a sour jam. I make my own plum jam and I don’t use any sugar in it. You can check my recipe here.
  12. Bake them for 15 min at 175 C. Don’t be scared if they feel to fluffy and undone, they will change to the right consistency when they are cold.
  13. They can be served immediately, however they are best when they are cold. Even better, the second day – they get less crumbly and more chewy.