Next up were the Magic Carpet Cookies in the Cookies for Children sub-section of Family Favorites on p. 58. These fanciful-looking butter cookies have a layer of jam that can make them any flavor you’d like.

The Magic Carpet Cookies were another roll-out cookie. As most cookies, they start by creaming the sugar and butter, adding the egg and then mixing in the dry ingredients. Then it’s refrigerated to chill it.

Then the dough is separated to roll out long thin rectangles. The rest of the dough goes into a cookie press with a star tip to make lines on each long edge and up the middle of the rectangles.

After they’re baked, you add a bit of jam between the star lines and then cut each rectangle on the diagonal to make 1.5 inch cookies.

Overall these weren’t hard to do — it did take me a minute to understand what they were supposed to look like, because this is one of the few cookies that wasn’t pictured or illustrated in the book. I think these could become too sweet without careful application of the jam — too thick and all you’ll taste is the jam. But I do like that you can customize these with your favorite jam flavor.

One other note – I had trouble with this dough and the cookie press. It was just a little too thick for the press, and the star shape didn’t come out as crisp as it could have. If I made these again, I might add a few drops of milk to that part of the dough so it would go through the press more easily.

Bottom line: The Magic Carpet Cookies were a light butter cookie with a thin layer of jam. I like their unique shape and that these can be customized with your favorite flavor of jam. They were tasty, though the jam could overpower the cookie if applied too thick. While these are fun, I have other cookies I’d rather make as a “jam” or pressed cookie.