Jam bars made with a Buttermilk Sugar Cookie crust, slathered with plum jam, then sprinkled with sugar cookie crumbs and a quick glaze drizzled on top. These cookie bars reminded me of a danish pastry, and are yummy for breakfast (no one is judging here!) or for a snack.
Remember when I made these Buttermilk Sugar Cookies??
Well the first batch of cookies I baked were a little under done and the cookies spread into each other. Not ready to accept defeat, I pondered what I could do with so many cookies that weren’t necessarily all that pretty, and kind of hard to eat without being completely messy.
So I smooshed several of the cookies into an 8 x 8-inch pan to create a cookie crust:
Busted out some yummy Jamnations Plum and Get It plum jam, and slathered it on top of my cookie crust:
Then took even more Buttermilk Sugar Cookies and crumbled them on top!
But that wasn’t enough for me, so I had to drizzle a glaze on top:
Don’t you just love my crazy ideas?!!
Sugar Cookie Jam Bars
Print RecipeIngredients
- I batch Buttermilk Sugar Cookies (click on link below)
- 1 jar of your favorite jam (I used one 10-ounce jar Jamnation Plum and Get It Jam)
- Vanilla Glaze recipe (recipe in Buttermilk Sugar Cookie link)
Instructions
Bake a batch of Buttermilk Sugar Cookies and let cookies cool. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Once cookies have cooled, take several cookies and smash the cookies down into the pan to create a crust, making sure that the cookies are compacted into a firm crust. Spoon on a layer of your favorite jam on top of the crust. Take three baked cookies and crumble the cookies over the jam. Drizzle vanilla glaze over the top. Pop the bars into the refrigerator to set for 30-minutes, then cut into desired sized squares.
Notes
Store bars in an airtight container at room temperature.
Buttermilk Sugar Cookie recipe
Because the cookies had a cake-like quality to them, these bars were a cross between a coffee cake and danish pastry. Yum!!
So tell me your most recent kitchen disaster or how you turned a kitchen miss into kitchen bliss!! Leave me a comment below!
XOXO,
Kelly
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18 Comments
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
April 24, 2018 at 1:57 PMThese look delicious Kelly, I love bar recipes, they are so easy and quick to make instead of rolling out individual cookies…will really love these with strawberry jam 🙂
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 6:56 AMThanks Ashika! These would be good with any jam for sure and strawberry jam with these sound AMAZING! XOXO
heather (delicious not gorgeous)
April 24, 2018 at 8:01 PMyess!!! love that you used your buttermilk sugar cookies for this crust; it sounds like the perfect way to balance out all that plum jam (:
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 6:56 AMThanks Heather! It totally was! Have a great weekend! XOXO
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
April 25, 2018 at 9:42 AMI LOVE your crazy ideas! I wouldn’t have thought to repurpose those cookies in such a delicious way :). These sound awesome!
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 6:57 AMHeheheh thanks Kelsie! I am glad you love my crazy ideas!! XOXO
GiGi Eats Celebrities
April 25, 2018 at 8:01 PMWhy are you such a SWEETS and TREATS WIZARD?! Seriously. I have said this before and I will say it again, I legit drool every time I come over for a visit!
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 6:58 AMHehehehe awwww thanks GiGi!! Baking is my jam 😉 Hahahahahahahaha XOXO
Patrick@looneyforfood.com
April 26, 2018 at 3:43 AMWhat an awesome idea! Bars are better than cookies in my opinion anyway and that plum jam!! Yum
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 6:58 AMThanks Patrick! I totally agree….and bars are just easier to make, right?!! 🙂
Amy
April 26, 2018 at 4:52 PMI love how you make use of everything. These cookie bars look great. Thank you for sharing.
Kelly
April 27, 2018 at 7:00 AMThank you Amy! I just can’t stomach wasting anything and try to recover from those failures in the kitchen by making a disaster into something that works. Except for that no bake cheesecake I made….that was a fail and will never make it to the blog hahaha
Maria Doss
April 28, 2018 at 10:37 PMI love the fact that you made a brand new recipe with the cookies without wasting them – a delicious version of the cookies:) They look absolutely delicious Kelly.
Kelly
May 2, 2018 at 8:15 AMThank you Maria!! These were made on a hope and a prayer for sure hahaha. I was surprised they turned out. 😉
loveatfirstbento
April 30, 2018 at 6:54 AMOh my goodness YUM! I love the pairing of buttermilk-baked goods with jam, it just works so well. Definitely would try these with raspberry jam!
Kelly
May 2, 2018 at 8:16 AMThank you!! I feel like these are totally appropriate for breakfast because of the buttermilk and jam. Am I right?!! Hahaha XOXO 🙂
Pies and Prejudice
May 1, 2018 at 12:08 AMI was just thinking of your buttermilk sugar cookies (which I’m hoping to make soon!) when I read the title. These sound wonderful, kelly. Love the added plum jam though I’d probably use strawberry or raspberry because they are usually the only ones I have on hand (or peach!). I definitely love your crazy ideas, they are always delicious! I will have to double your cookie recipe for when I try it so I can make these afterward. They look so scrumptious 😀
Kelly
May 2, 2018 at 8:17 AMThank you Dana! You could TOTALLY use any jam on these! The buttermilk sugar cookies are a blank canvas for flavor 🙂 XOXO