Kaya Jam Thumbprint Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 280 g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp fine salt
• 200 g unsalted butter

  room temperature
• 75 g Stevia sweetener

  can add up to 150g
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

  or almond extract
• 1 cup kaya jam

  or any other jam of your choice
• 1 large egg

  room temperature

Instructions

• 1 Bring the egg and unsalted butter to room temperature at least an hour before
  making.
• 2 Sift 280g plain flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/2 tsp fine salt. Set aside.
• 3 Using a food mixer with paddle attachment, mix 200g unsalted butter and 75g
  Stevia sweetener together on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 or 4
  minutes. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl as needed. 
• 4 Add in 1 large egg and 2 tsp vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until
  well-mixed. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl as needed. 
• 5 Add in half of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until well incorporated.
  Repeat with the remaining flour mixture.
  
  Take note not to overmix. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl as
  needed. The dough will be very soft. Yields about 586g cookie dough.
• 6 Cover the dough with cling wrap and chill in the fridge for about 1 hour or
  until firm enough to easily shape.
• 7 Roll the cookie dough into 15g balls each. Place 1-inch apart on the baking
  sheet.
• 8 Make an indent in each cookie using a 1/4 tsp round measuring spoon or your
  thumb.
  
  Note: coat the spoon with some plain flour so that the cookie dough does not
  stick to the spoon when making the indent.
• 9 Fill each indent with about 1-2 tsp of kaya jam.
  
  Note: you can overfill the jam a little so that the jam will appear rounded on
  the top after baking.
• 10 Chill in the fridge covered for 15-20 minutes.
  
  Preheat oven to 160C / 320F (convection oven) or 180C / 356F (conventional
  oven). If you are not using a non-stick baking tray, line the baking tray with
  parchment paper.
• 11 Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.

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