Baking with Kids: Sweetheart Jam Drops Recipe

ByChristie Burnett Updated on

Looking for a super fun idea for baking with little ones? This Sweetheart Jam Drops Recipe was so fun to bake with my toddler and were VERY popular eating with everyone in the house! A sweetheart twist on good old jam drops – what’s not to love!

Baking with Kids: Jam drop recipe

Jam Drops Recipe

I love finding recipes that are super simple for cooking with kids, and this jam drops recipe includes lots of opportunity for learning as they bake – through breaking eggs, measuring ingredients, counting, sifting, mixing, rolling, pressing and more. The experience of spending the time together in the kitchen is invaluable in building connection with children of all ages – from toddlers through to teens.

Cooking with Kids: Jam drop recipe

Sweetheart Jam Drops Recipe

Baking with Kids: Jam drop recipe

A sweetheart twist on the good old jam drop - what's not to love! This Jam Drops Recipe is simple enough for cooking with kids of all ages.

Prep Time 12 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes

Ingredients

  • 125gm butter
  • 1/2 cup castor sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • Strawberry jam

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 170ºC/340ºF fan forced.
  2. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth.
  3. Add egg and mix until well combined.
  4. Sift flour and baking powder over mixture. Add milk and mix until combined. Don't over mix.
  5. Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls and place onto a lined baking tray (allow room for spreading). Flatten gently with the back of a dessertspoon. Make a heart shaped indentation in the dough with your fingertip (pinky fingers work best for adult hands, children can use pointers).
  6. Fill heart shapes with strawberry jam.
  7. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool on tray for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

© Christie Burnett
Cuisine: Snacks / Category: Cooking with Kids

For more fun ideas for baking with kids, you may also like:

Cheese Puff Recipe for cooking with kids
Jam Tarts Recipe
Classic Sugar Cookies Recipe for cooking with kids

Christie Burnett is a teacher, author and mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to find engaging, high quality learning ideas.

5 Comments

  1. Jam drops is one of my girls FAVOURITE things to make – we usually head around and gift them to our neighbours (so mummy doesn’t eat them all!) My girls will flip out over these love hearts – what an awesome idea! 🙂 🙂 We’ll be doing this on the weekend Christie!

  2. Mary Kim Knapp says:

    Is castor sugar the same as cane sugar? And what would the equivalent in teaspoons or tablespoons be with the butter? I am from the USA and really want to make these! Thank you!

    1. Castor sugar is just a fine, granulated white sugar. I think if you googled a metric to imperial measurement calculator you will easily be able to adapt the recipe to US measurements 🙂

  3. In the US we call them thumbprint cookies. I love them! Christmas favorite!

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