We have a gorgeous Cherry tree in our yard. Unfortunately I left home for the summer before any cherries were ripe so none for me this year or for the blog 🙁 The dwarf goat likes to stand on the chicken house and eat them right off the tree.
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| Our Cherry Tree in Bloom |
My mother in law, Fine, makes preserves out of all the fruits from the trees on our property. She has a huge closet full of them.
In anticipation of spending several months away from home, I pulled everything out of the freezer and found dough from the four ingredient cookie I like to make different versions of. The recipe is from a 37 year old German cookbook I bought in the local thrift store.
I also had a bit of leftover hazelnut marzipan so I layered it in with the jam on some of the cookies. It was a winner. Great taste combo.
Ingredients:
- 1 Stick of Butter
- 1/2 Cup of Sugar
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1 + 1/2 Cups of Flour
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 Degrees F
- Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy .
- Add egg yolk and mix thoroughly.
- Knead in the flour.
- Roll into balls, flatten out on a baking sheet and make impression in the center with the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Bake for 10 -12 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack.
- When cooled, fill a pastry bag with jam (recipe below) or whatever filling you like and pipe it into the middle.
Ingredients:
- 1 Kilo sour cherries
- 1Kilo of jelly sugar
Directions:
- Wash and pit the cherries.
- Shred cherries using a hand mixer or blender.
- Mix with sugar.
- Cook in saucepan on a med-low heat until it boils.
- Lower heat and cook four minutes more.
- Let cool and fill in glass jars.
3 comments
The jam cookies look a lot like the Jelly Cookies I have on my blog. I have German ancestors – so who knows – maybe they came from the same place. I just had them last week.
Mary
Yummm!
Thanks for posting my Sugar Cookie button!
Homemade preserves ♥