Fresh-Peach Drop Cookies
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large ripe peaches (about 8 ounces each) peeled, pitted, and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (1 3/4 cups)
- 1/3 cup peach jam or preserves
- 2 tablespoons fine sanding sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fresh-peach-drop-cookies-389302 (may not work)