• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Travelling oven

food & travel

  • Home
  • About
  • travel
  • Recipes
  • Portfolio
  • Stock Images
  • Contact
    • Work with me
  • Workshops
  • Photography

Spelt thumbprint cherry jam cookies

December 19, 2017 By travellingoven 1 Comment

How are your preparations for Christmas going on? Is everything going as planned or you are like me and accepted that you just won’t have the time to do everything you wanted to? 😀 If that’s the case, you know what, that’s ok too! We put so much pressure on ourselves all the time and specially at holidays time.

In magazines and Instagram we see these picture perfect spacious houses with huge windows,  so many beautiful Christmas lights and decorations, cozy sofas and blankets and candles that burn all day long and they kind of look like something from Ikea catalogue. Every single thing has its perfect place and we can chill on our sofa all day long sipping hot chocolate because we already have something like ten kinds of Christmas cookies ready! Haha you get the picture that my situation is not exactly like that! 😀 It’s good to remind ourselves from time to time that real life often (or almost never!) looks like on Instagram pictures and that we should never feel like we are not good enough if everything is not perfect or entirely as we would like it to be.

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

The most important is that we think of what really is important and those are most of all, the people in our lives. The ones who love us unconditionally and are with us in good times and difficult times, the ones we love and want to see smile on their faces and joy in their eyes. I know all this sounds a bit sentimental and corny but it truly is the most important thing in the world to appreciate ‘our’ people but also people in general, to give as much love, good and positive energy as we can.

So what matters the most for me at Christmas time is spending it with my family and friends, sharing a delicious home cooked meal, taking the time to give and help to those who are less fortunate, making my home peaceful, warm and cozy, filled with smell of cookies and cinnamon and thinking positive happy thoughts. And that’s it! I’ve had my share of holidays spent far away from my family and friends and I know how lonely and difficult it can get. So I possibly appreciate even more all those little-big things now…

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

So after some thoughts about Christmas let me tell you few things about these cookies! 🙂 I’m sure you saw and possibly tried many versions of thumbprint cookies, they are alway soft, delicious, easy to make and filled with jam or chocolate depending on your choice. I wanted to keep these as simple as possible and made with wholesome healthier ingredients and that’s why I used spelt flour, coconut oil and coconut sugar as sweetener. You can of course experiment and try out different flours here or simply use all-purpose flour and also use granulated sugar instead of coconut sugar but I highly recommend trying out this healthier version as they are really delicious! I filled them with my sister’s homemade cherry jam and they were ‘melt in your mouth’ delicious!

Here on my blog you have a recipes category named Christmas food where you can get some ideas if you want to do some more baking these days but can I just remind you of two of possibly my favourites (even if it’s so difficult to choose when you LOVE cookies!!), these Dark chocolate & orange cookies are so good and specially if you adore chocolate + orange combination as much as I do and these Coconut oil cranberries & nuts cookies are one of the favourite in our family all year around!

Recipe in English:

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies
 
Save Print
Prep time
45 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
55 mins
 
Author: Lili Basic
Recipe type: Cookies
Serves: 28-30 cookies
Ingredients
  • 2 cups spelt flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 4 heaped (full) tbsp coconut oil, softened
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • ¾ cup coconut sugar (or granulated)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-4 tbsp jam of your choice, I used cherry jam
  • Note: 1 cup = 240 ml
Preparation
  1. In a mixing bow combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  2. In another mixing bowl whisk softened coconut oil, sugar and vanilla.
  3. Add eggs and whisk well.
  4. Add flour mixture into wet ingredients and stir using a wooden spoon until all is well combined.
  5. Put it in the fridge for 30 min.
  6. Preheat oven to 180 C / 356 F. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
  7. Take the dough out of the fridge and using your hands make small balls.
  8. Place them on the tray and leave enough space in between as they will spread when baking.
  9. You won't be able to fit them all so you can bake them in two rounds.
  10. Once the dough balls are on the tray use your thumb to make an imprint in each one and fill them with jam.
  11. Bake for 10 min and remove from the oven. They will still be soft but will harden as they cool.
  12. Let the cool before storing in metal bow or airtight container. Enjoy!
3.5.3229

Recipe in Croatian / Recept na hrvatskom:
Husarski keksi od pira punjeni dzemom od visanja
 
Save Print
Prep time
45 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
55 mins
 
Author: Lili Basic
Recipe type: Keksi
Serves: 28-30 keksa
Ingredients
  • SASTOJCI
  • 2 salice pirovog brasna
  • 1 zlicica soda bikarbone
  • prstohvat soli
  • 4 vrhom pune zlice kokosovog ulja, omeksalog (ne otopljenog)
  • 2 veca jaja, sobne temperature
  • ¾ salice kokosovog secera (ili obicnog)
  • 1 zlicica vanilin ekstrakta
  • 3-4 zlice dzema po vasem izboru, ja sam koristila dzem od visanja
  • Napomena: 1 salica = 240 ml
Preparation
  1. PRIPREMA
  2. U posudi pomijesajte brasno, soda bikarbonu i sol.
  3. U drugoj posudi miksajte omeksalo kokosovo ulje, secer i vaniliju.
  4. Dodajte jaja i izmijesajte dobro pjenjacom.
  5. Dodajte mjesavinu od brasna u mokre sastojke i promjesajte kuhacom da se sve dobro poveze.
  6. Stavite u frizider na 30 minuta.
  7. Zagrijte pecnicu na 180 C i oblozite veliki pleh papirom za pecenje.
  8. Izvadite tijesto iz frizidera i rukama valjajte male kuglice te ih postavite na pleh ostavljajuci dovoljno mjesta izmedju jer ce se rasiriti prilikom pecenja.
  9. Necete ih moci sve ispeci odjednom pa mozete u dvije ture.
  10. Kad su loptice od tijesta na plehu, pritisnite svaku njezno palcem kako bi se napravila rupica koju cete ispuniti dzemom.
  11. Pecite 10 minuta i izvadite iz pecnice. Keksi ce jos biti mekani, ali ce se stvrdnuti prilikom hladjenja.
  12. Ostavite da se ohlade prije spremanja u kutiju za kekse. Dobar tek!
3.5.3229

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

Spelt thumbprint jam cookies

*Thank you so much for being here, that makes me so happy! You can also follow my Travelling oven on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, as well as subscribe to receive new blog posts via email. 

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Filed Under: christmas food, muffins & cookies Tagged With: cherry, cherry jam, christmas, coconut oil, cookies, festive, healthy, holidays, jam, spelt, thumbprint

Previous Post: « Chocolate bundt cake (with coconut oil)
Next Post: Soft chocolate crescent cookies »

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. 30 Festive Treats To Make the Season Bright | Hummusapien says:
    December 22, 2017 at 9:00 am

    […] 4. Thumbprint Jam Cookies via Traveling Oven […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Hi! I’m Lili and I’m so happy
to welcome you on my blog!

First things first. Why Travelling oven you’re wondering? Well, when this blog was created I had been living as an expat for about 8 years in beautiful countries like Scotland, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Turkey...READ MORE...

lili.basic

The last few days since I came back to Zagreb I mo The last few days since I came back to Zagreb I mostly spent doing admin stuff and buying groceries (my fridge was totally empty!) and for breaks I did yoga and re-edited some older photos. So here’s one of them from beautiful winter @plitvicelakesnp, hope you like it...🦆❄️
.
.
.
.
.

 #beautifuldestination #tasteintravel #mytinyatlas #ourplanetdaily #worldtravelpics #wonderful_places #plitvicelakes #plitvice #plitvicenationalpark #croatiafulloflife #croatiafullofmagic #croatiafullofnature #visitcroatia #canonhrvatska #punkuferhr #travellingoven
After three weeks in Dubrovnik, the time has come After three weeks in Dubrovnik, the time has come for me to return to Zagreb. Besides the pandemic reality, in these weeks we had horrible earthquake in Croatia that took lives, destroyed homes and left the whole country in the state of shock. On a personal level we had to face death in the family due to Covid and if somebody tells me ever again that 'they would have died anyway because they were old" I will really lose it!! My little niece and nephew lost their grandmother and we all lost a person we loved. So, it was and still is a difficult time but life taught me many times before that we are stronger than we think and that the most important thing is to find peace within yourself. I still wake up every morning grateful for life, for my people, for photography, for all the little things that make life beautiful. And I dream about all the good things that will come our way... 
Sending you my love and positive thoughts and sharing these not so typical Dubrovnik photos.❤️
.
.
.
.
.

#beautifuldestination #cntraveler #bbctravel  #mytinyatlas #ourplanetdaily #forbestravelguide #meettheworld#exploremore #lonelyplanet #worldtravelpics #wonderful_places #dubrovnik #visitdubrovnik #experiencedubrovnik #croatia #croatiafulloflife #visitcroatia #punkuferhr #canonhrvatska #travellingoven
I know it's not the most colourful and bright phot I know it's not the most colourful and bright photo for this occasion but it represents what this year has been like for me personally. Difficult, lonely, at times very dark but at the same time with its sweet moments that I get to keep forever in my heart, beauty found in 'ordinary' and sparkles of light that give hope and comfort. I wish that 2021 will bring more freedom, health and happiness for all of us! Thank you for being here with me... ❤️
.
.
.
.
.

#slowandglow #slowlive #alliseeispretty #slowlivingforlife #livebeautifully #livesimply #awakethelight #happynewyear2021 #newyearseve #travellingoven
May your Christmas Eve be filled with peace in you May your Christmas Eve be filled with peace in your heart, joy and hope.✨✨✨Merry Christmas and warm wishes from me to you! ❤️🎄
.
.
.
.
.

#still_life_gallery #seasonalfeelings #slowandglow #slowlive #alliseeispretty #slowlivingforlife #livebeautifully #livesimply #awakethelight #merrychristmas2020 #christmaseve #punkuferhr #travellingoven
My favourite moments in these last two days since My favourite moments in these last two days since I came to Dubrovnik are baking ‘orahnjaca’ (Croatian) or ‘potica’ (Slovenian), traditional walnut cake with my mum, harvesting mandarins in our garden with my dad, soaking up the sun that I missed so much after about a month of dark and gloomy days, reading a book on the terrace and stopping every few moments to just look at the sea... All the little things that bring me much needed calm and joy. Hope you are all well and finding your little moments too...☺️❤️
.
.
.
.
.

 #huffposttaste #lifeandthyme #fellowmag  #foodfluffer #createtoinspire #slowlived #storyofmytable #makeitdelicious #christmascookies  #livethelittlethings #bakeandshare #realsimple #punkuferhr #canonhrvatska #still_life_gallery #travellingoven
I miss mountains, snow and travelling so here are I miss mountains, snow and travelling so here are few details from the Swiss Alps, a place I called home few years ago... It’s so strange, I am from Dubrovnik, born by the sea and of course I love it but I would choose mountains and forests anytime! It's where my soul is at peace and happiest.☺️❄️How about you?
.
.
.
.
.
 #beautifuldestination #tasteintravel #passionpassport #wanderlust #cntraveler #bbctravel #stayandwander #mytinyatlas #ourplanetdaily #forbestravelguide  #lonelyplanet #winterwonderland  #worldtravelpics #wonderful_places #travellingoven #switzerland #switzerlandwonderland #visitswitzerland #swissalps #punkuferhr #canonhrvatska
This photo pretty much sums up how I'm spending th This photo pretty much sums up how I'm spending this winter and by that I don't mean literally that I'm just sitting on my sofa eating cookies! 😅 It's more about staying warm and cozy, focusing as much as I can on the positive, little pleasures, daily rituals, making myself feel good and safe, daydreaming about all the beautiful things that are yet to come...☺ 
.
.
.
.
.

#artofvisuals #theartofslowliving
#artofliving #thatsdarling #fellowmag  #foodfluffer #createtoinspire #slowlived #seasonalfeelings #slowlive #alliseeispretty #slowlivingforlife #journalhr #punkuferhr #canonhrvatska #livebeautifully #livesimply #travellingoven
Drinking hot chocolate and eating gingerbread cook Drinking hot chocolate and eating gingerbread cookies like I don't have a worry on my mind! Yeah right...😅
By the way, only when I started editing I noticed that the bubbles in my hot chocolate formed a shape of heart too. That's kind of sweet..☺️ So I'm sending some love to all of you too! ❤️
.
.
.
.
.

#postitfortheaesthetic #onmytable #lifeandthyme #theartofslowliving
 #fellowmag  #foodfluffer #createtoinspire #slowlived #storyofmytable #dobrahrana #punkuferhr #canonhrvatska #journalhr #gloobyfood 
#still_life_gallery #seasonalfeelings #christmascookies #travellingoven
Comfort food is just the best! I have few that ins Comfort food is just the best! I have few that instantly make me feel better like semolina porridge or spaghetti with fresh tomatoes and basil... Crepes with apricot jam are high up on that list too! 😉 I'm curious, what is your favourite comfort food? 
.
.
.
.
.

#postitfortheaesthetic #onmytable #seekthesimplicity #lifeandthyme #artofvisuals #theartofslowliving #fellowmag  #foodfluffer #createtoinspire #slowlived #storyofmytable #realsimple #still_life_gallery #punkuferhr #crêpes #travellingoven
If our coffee shops and bars are closed, that does If our coffee shops and bars are closed, that doesn't mean we can't have our coffee in style at home, right? 😉
Story behind this image: because of all the festive photos on social media these days, I felt pressured to create some in Christmas mood too. But nothing was going as I imagined and I simply was not feeling it. So I decided to put all that away and create something that reflects more of me and what and how I feel at the moment. So this is one of the images from that series. In the end what matters the most is that we create from our heart.✨
Feed your body with delicious, healthy, nutritious Feed your body with delicious, healthy, nutritious food and feed your soul with beauty. Whatever that means to you...✨
My purple bowl: frozen blueberries + oat milk + banana + cinnamon 💜
The most vibrant Autumn colours are already long g The most vibrant Autumn colours are already long gone but late November can be really beautiful too! ☺️ This shot is from my last weekend trip to @trakoscan and the first sunny day in a really long time... Hope you like it! 🍂
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Copyright © 2021 · The Travellling Oven · THEME BY SHAY BOCKS · DESIGNED BY TABITHA EMMA · Privacy Policy

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok