24/07/2026
🍪 Assorted Butter Cookies Recipe (Jam Cookies, Swirl Cookies & Two-Tone Ball Cookies)
Ingredients
Basic Cookie Dough
• 250g butter (softened)
• 150g icing sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 400g all-purpose flour
• 50g corn flour (cornstarch)
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
For Chocolate Swirl/Stripe Cookies
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
For Pink Swirl Cookies
• Few drops of pink food coloring
For Jam Cookies
• ½ cup strawberry jam
Method
1. Cream the butter and sugar
• Beat softened butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add wet ingredients
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Mix in vanilla extract.
3. Make the dough
• Sift flour, corn flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add gradually and mix until a soft cookie dough forms.
4. Divide the dough
• Keep one portion plain.
• Mix cocoa powder into one portion for chocolate designs.
• Add pink coloring to another portion for pink swirl designs.
Cookie Shapes
Ball Cookies
• Roll small balls of dough.
• Add a thin chocolate strip around each ball.
• Place on a baking tray.
Swirl Cookies
• Roll two colored doughs together into a log.
• Slice into rounds.
Jam Cookies
• Shape dough into small flower molds or circles.
• Make a small hole in the center.
• Fill with strawberry jam.
Baking
• Place cookies on a lined baking tray.
• Bake at 170°C (340°F) for 12–15 minutes until lightly golden.
• Allow to cool completely before serving.
Storage
Store in an airtight container for 2–3 weeks.
Makes about 40–50 assorted cookies depending on size. 🍪
