Fresh-Peach Drop Cookies
Moist, cakey, and flecked with fresh fruit in every bite, these cookies are just the thing to pack into a picnic basket on a late-summer day.
Recipe information
Yield
makes about 4 dozen
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
Step 2
Put butter and granulated sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add egg and vanilla; mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture and mix until combined. Add diced peaches and peach jam; mix until just combined.
Step 3
Using a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart. (Chill remaining dough between batches.)
Step 4
Combine sanding sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle each cookie with 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake cookies until golden brown and just set, 11 to 13 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cool on sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Cookies are best eaten the day they are made, but they can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.
