23 traditional jam Recipes

this recipeis from an old gourmet magazine in 1997 and it s fantastic, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter, cut into bits, cream cheese, cut into bits, egg yolk, vanilla, filling (apricot or cherry jam, ready made poppy seed or prune filling), in a bowl, with a pastry blender, or food processor, blend or pulse flour, sugar and salt to combine and add butter and cream cheese, blending or pulsing until mixture resembles coarse crumbs., in a small bowl, stir together yolk and vanilla and add to flour mixture, blending or pulsing just until mixture begins to come together (do not overmix). gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days., preheat oven to 375. divide the dough in half. on a lightly floured cool surface, knead half the dough (keeping other half wrapped and chilled) 2 or 3 times to make it less crumbly. roll out dough 1/4-inch thick, and with a 3-inch cutter, cut out as many rounds as possible. transfer rounds with a metal spatula to a large baking sheet, arranging about 1/2 inch apart. reroll scraps and cut out more rounds. put 1 tsp filling in centre of each round and fold up edges to form triangular cookies resembling a tricornered hat, pinching corners together and leaving filling exposed. (pinch dough tightly enough so seams are no longer visible and sides are taut enough to prevent cookies from leaking the filling as they bake.), bake hamantashen in middle of oven 20 minutes , or until pale golden. cool hamantashen on baking sheet 5 minutes and transfer to racks to cool completely. make more hamantashen with remaining dough and filling in same manner. hamantashen keep in an airtight container at room temperature for 5 days. makes 2 dozen., margarine or butter, softened, sugar, egg, orange juice concentrate, vanilla, salt, up to 1 tbsp. of water, cherry pie filling , slightly drained of the gooey syrup, breadcrumbs, flour, powdered sugar for garnish, in the bowl of an electric mixer , cream together the margarine or butter and sugar. add the egg, orange juice concentrate and vanilla. beat to combine. add in the flour and salt., beat in the water a few drops at a time until dough starts to come away from sides of bowl (you can do this in a food processor). place the dough on wax paper and push it into a flat disk. place another sheet of wax paper on top and wrap the dough in foil. refrigerate for at least 2 hours or as long as overnight., at baking time , preheat oven to 350. in a bowl, combine the slightly drained cherry pie filling and bread crumbs. mix to combine., on a floured surface , roll out the dough until it s about 1/4-inch thick. using a round cookie cutter, cut out circles. spoon 2 to 3 cherries and a little bit of filling onto the dough circles and form into triangles. place on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper. bake for 12-15 minutes or until just starting to turn pale golden. remove from oven and cool on rack. when cool, dust with powdered sugar and serve. makes 2 to 3 dozen depending on the size circle you cut out., margarine or butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raspberry preserves, grease 2 cookie sheets. in an electric mixer , combine the margarine, sugar, egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy., in another bowl, combine the cocoa , flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. mix to combine and then add to the margarine mixture. do not over mix. divide dough in half and chill for 1 hour., submitted by rozie schwartzman who got it from a blog she can tsp remember .

self-raising flour, salt , to taste, baking powder, caster sugar (superfine granulated), butter, egg, beaten and mixed with, milk, fresh double cream, to serve (heavy cream), jam , of your choice, butter , to spread, sultanas , raisins (optional) or 2 oz currants (optional)

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, vegetable shortening, sugar, egg, grated fresh orange zest, fresh orange juice, filling such as date orange filling , apple raisin filling , prune lekvar, poppy-seed filling, or apricot or cherry jam

trifle sponge cakes (or a ready-made lb cake or similar), english custard , made from bird custard powder, whipping cream (heavy ), frozen raspberries (better than fresh), strawberry jam, peach slices or 2 very ripe fresh es, skinned and sliced, cooking sherry, sliced almonds, toasted

sandwich bread, peanut butter, grape jelly or 2 tsp strawberry jam

suet, plain flour (or self raising without the baking powder), oatmeal or breadcrumbs, mixed sultanas and currants, golden syrup, soft brown sugar (or mollasses for stronger taste), lightly beaten eggs, ginger , cinnamon & nutmeg, baking powder, milk (but only use enough to soften the mix), flour for the cloth, if you use the traditional cloth (cloot) method, cut up and use an old white pillow case or buy a cheap 1 from a store. you can wash and reuse the cloth for other puddings or use it as a strainer for jellies and jams.

margarine or 1 cup butter, softened, granulated sugar, free range egg, plain flour (allpurpose), baking powder, vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla flavoring or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, strawberry jam (or preserve of your choice), icing sugar (confectioners)

trifle sponge cakes or 8 -12 oz stale sponge cakes, raspberry jam, sweet sherry, frozen raspberries, partially thawed or 12 oz fresh raspberries, ratafia biscuits or 4 oz amaretti or 4 oz macaroons, milk, vanilla pod, egg yolks, caster sugar , plus a little, caster sugar, for sprinkling, cornflour, whipping cream, sliced almonds, toasted, glace cherries or fresh raspberry, to decorate, silver dragees, to decorate

plain flour, salt, grated nutmeg, tps ground cinnamon, rind of 1 lemon, grated, glace cherries, chopped dried citrus peel, golden raisins, plain raisins, currants, butter, golden caster sugar or finely ground demerrara sugar, eggs, beaten, milk, almond paste (marzipan), apricot jam

strawberries, crushed, lemon juice, pectin, powdered (ball realfruit classic), sugar, granulated

strawberries, left whole or 2 lbs large strawberries, halved, sugar or 2 lbs preserving, lemon , juice of

dry yeast (sachet), caster sugar, warm water, spelt flour (wholemeal specified), spelt flour (white specified), sea salt, linseeds, oats (traditional rolled not instant), olive oil, milk, butter (to serve ), jam (to serve )

unbaked 9-inch pie crust, pears, rinsed and cored, thickly sliced, zest and juice of 1 lemon, wild or red mixed berries (your choice), fresh or frozen (unthawed), red berries or strawberry jam, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, lightly ground quick-cooking or traditional oats, light brown sugar (up to 3/4 if you like it very sweet)

margarine or 1/4 lb butter, softened, eggs, separated, sugar (150 g or 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp ), flour (150 g or 1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp ), dry yeast, vanilla (or 1 tbsp sugar), milk (approximate), prepared custard (optional), fresh fruit such as strawberries (or kiwis, apricots, cherries), fruit jam mixed with a little water, to glaze (red currant, strawberry or apricot jam), freshly whipped cream, to serve

victoria sponge cake, sliced, raspberry jam, cream sherry, drambuie (can substitute brandy), eye custard or 1 (3 oz) package jell-o custard or 1 (3 oz) package egg custard or 1 (3 oz) package vegetarian egg custard, raspberries, bananas, thinly sliced (optional), double cream, caster sugar, toasted almond, to garnish, fresh soft fruit slices, to garnish, milk, double cream, egg yolks, caster sugar, drops vanilla essence

egg yolks, sugar, blanched almond (ground ), hazelnuts (ground ), egg whites, cherry brandy (or cherry juice), raspberry jam, whipping cream, hazelnuts, powdered sugar

flan pastry dough, apples , to fill the flan case completely, demerara sugar (light brown ), granulated sugar, plum jam, flour, cream, egg, egg whites, salt

fish , firm-fleshed, weighed after filleting and frying (see instructions), onions, very large, sliced thinly, oil (for frying , or use lard, which is nicer), curry powder (use good quality ), vinegar (do not use spirit !), sugar, hot peppers, fresh , sliced open (optional), salt, white peppercorns (or you can use black ), apricot preserves (jam)