Thursday, December 24, 2009

What are some recipes that use jelly or jam?

I have several 12 oz jars of jelly that I just don't eat. Does anyone have any cookie or cake recipes (or anything) that require jelly?What are some recipes that use jelly or jam?
Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints


1 1/2 cups butter


1 1/2 cups granulated sugar


8 ounces cream cheese


2 eggs


2 tablespoons lemon juice


1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest


4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder


1 cup apricot preserves


1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration





Combine butter, sugar and softened cream cheese; mix until blended. Blend in eggs, lemon juice and rind.





Add combined dry ingredients and mix well. Chill until dough is stiff.





Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.





Shape tablespoonsful of dough into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Indent centers and fill with preserves.





Bake for 15 minutes. When the cookies have cooled, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar














JELLY TART COOKIES





COOKIE DOUGH:





3 c. all-purpose flour


1 tsp. baking powder


1/2 tsp. salt


3/4 c. softened butter


1 1/2 c. sugar


2 eggs


1 tsp. vanilla extract or maple syrup





FILLING:





9 oz. any flavor jelly (grape, strawberry, apple, raspberry)





Mix flour with baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl with wooden spoon or portable electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy.


Stir in flour; mix until well combined. Using rubber scraper or wooden spoon, form dough into a ball. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. When ready to use, divide dough into 4 parts.





Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets. On floured surface roll dough one part at a time, 1/8 inch thick. With floured round cookie cutter or rim of juice glass, cut out cookies.





Using a spatula place half the cookies 2-inches apart on cookie sheet. Place in center of cookie 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of jelly; cover with other cookie. (Make sandwich.)





With floured fork seal edges firmly; also prick center of top cookie. (Cookies will look like little tarts.) Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. Makes 2-3 dozen cookies about the size of a tart.

















HEART TO HEART PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY


COOKIES





1/2 c. butter


1/4 c. shortening


3/4 c. peanut butter


1 egg


1 c. sugar


1 tsp. vanilla


3 c. flour


2 tbsp. milk


1 sm. jar raspberry jam





Beat butter, shortening and peanut butter together. Add egg and beat well. Add sugar, vanilla and flour with milk. Chill 2 hours or more. Roll dough on lightly floured board to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out heart shapes with cookie cutters. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes (until slightly browned). Remove to cooling rack. Spread Jam on each cookie (1 teaspoon) and cover with another cookie for the peanut butter and jelly sandwich effect.


NOTE: You might like to try different jams.




















JELLY COOKIES





3/4 lb. butter


1 c. sugar


4 c. flour


3 egg yolks


1 tsp. vanilla





Cream together butter and sugar. Add to above, flour, yolks and vanilla. Roll in a ball the size of a walnut and punch down in center. Pull small dab of jelly in center. Bake in 425 degree oven from 10 to 12 minutes. Yield: 3 dozen cookies.














PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY COOKIES





2 1/4 c. flour


1/2 c. sugar


1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar


1/2 tsp. soda


1/2 tsp. salt


1/2 tsp. cinnamon


1/4 tsp. nutmeg


1 c. shortening


1/2 c. peanut butter


1/4 c. applesauce


1/2 tsp. vanilla


1 egg


1 c. rolled oats


3 tbsp. grape jelly





Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine all ingredients except 1 cup flour, oats and jelly; mix well. Stir in reserved 1 cup flour and oats. Shape into 1 inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in sugar. Place 1/8 teaspoon jelly in center of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. 60 cookiesWhat are some recipes that use jelly or jam?
STREUDEL





2 cubes butter, softened


2 C. flour


8 oz. sour cream


preserves


chopped nuts


powdered sugar





Mix butter with flour. Add sour cream. Refrigerate until easy to handle. Divide into 4 or 5 balls. Roll into rectangular shape, spread with preserve and nuts. Roll, bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Slice when cool.
There are only so many Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches you can eat ;) This link is for a recipe search that you put in the ingredients that you want and any you don't.





Too many recipes came up to mention so why don't you have a go at it.





http://allrecipes.com/Search/Ingredients鈥?/a>
sauce for meatballs or little smokies


1 jar of grape jelly


1 jar of chilli sauce


a small squirt of mustard





mix together well in crock-pot
Well Sweet and sour meatballs use jelly.


You bascicly put rounded meat balls into a crock pot all day, with Jelly, Ketchup, And soysauce...or something like that.
Trifle. Or Victoria sponge sandwich cake.
cookies and jam!!!!!!!

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