// Lactose-Free Pepas

Crispy and Tender

Cookies that remind me of my childhood… PEPAS with strawberry and raspberry jam!! 🥰🥰

Although traditionally made with quince paste, I make them with jam because that's how I like them best 😋😍❤️

Ingredients

🥣170g lactose-free softened butter
🍭90g powdered sugar
🥚1 medium egg
🌾280g 0000 flour or pastry flour
🥄10g baking powder
🥄1 tsp vanilla extract
🍓Jam of your choice (I used strawberry and raspberry)

Elaboration

💗Beat the butter a little and add the powdered sugar
🍓Add the egg and vanilla, and continue beating until well combined
💗Add the flour together with the baking powder. Mix and knead until forming a dough
🍓Let the dough rest in the fridge for 15 minutes
💗Prepare a tray with parchment paper
🍓Make 30g dough balls and place them on the tray. Use your thumb or a small spoon to make a hole in the center and fill it with a teaspoon of jam

💗Bake at 180ºC (350ºF) for 13 minutes, top and bottom heat
🍓Let them cool well on a rack (let them cool completely before eating, I tell you from experience hahaha!!... the jam must be cold so it doesn’t spill or burn you… every time I make them, the same thing happens and I burn myself because I’m impatient 😋😋)

You can fill these cookies with whatever you want (quince paste, lactose-free chocolate, lactose-free custard, lemon curd,…). They are addictive, easy and quick to make… I assure you will love them