What have you got planned this bank holiday weekend? Are you going out with your family and friends or are you planning on having a lazy few days instead? Perhaps you’re planning to catch up on a boxset or maybe you fancy getting busy in the kitchen. If you’re planning on baking something why not try this Cherry Jammy Biscuits recipe – if you like Jammy Dodgers you will love these. They’re quick and easy to make and go well with a cup of tea and your favourite book.
Cherry Jammy Biscuits Recipe
- Makes – 10 – 12 biscuits
- Prep Time – 10 – 15 minutes and 30 minutes chill time
- Cooking Time – 10 -12 minutes
Ingredients:
Method:
- Put the flour, butter and icing sugar in a bowl and rub together until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg yolk to the bowl and mix until all the ingredients are combined to make a dough. If needed you can add more flour and icing sugar.
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and place in the fridge for 30 mins to chill.
- Preheat your oven to 170C and prepare two baking trays with baking parchment
- Place the dough onto a floured surface and roll out. Make sure that it’s not too thin (about 1cm is ideal)
- Cut out your biscuits using a cookie or scone cutter. I used a 5.5cm frilled edge cutter but you could make them bigger or smaller if you wished.
- Using a small shaped cutter (I used a heart but you could use a flower, star, square or any other shape you like) on one half of the biscuits make a smaller cut out in the middle of them.
- Place the biscuits on the trays and bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until they are lightly golden – keep an eye on them as they turn quickly once they start to colour.
- Take out of the oven and leave to cool for a little while – 5 – 10 minutes should be plenty
- Put a teaspoon of jam in each biscuit (on full bottom and one open top with a shape cut out) The jam I use has fruit pieces in and I didn’t remove them as both my children and I like them but if you don’t like the pieces or want them in your biscuits you can easily take them out.
- Dust with icing sugar and enjoy with a cup of tea
If you fancy making these biscuits yourself you can pick up the Santa Rosa Cherry Preserve that I used online or from your local Ocado store. If you love authentic Italian food and drink check out the Ciao Gusto Italian Deli at Ocado.
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