Jam cookie sandwiches
By: Rachel Allen From: Rachel Allen: Christmas Bake!
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Jam cookie sandwiches
- Prep time:
- 15 mins, plus 30 minutes chilling
- Cook time:
- 10 mins
- Serves:
- Makes about 35 cookies
These jam cookies are the perfect nibble to serve with coffee - the icing sugar is a lovely finish
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Ingredients
- 425g plain flour
- 75g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp freshly grated lemon zest, from 1 large lemon
- 4 egg yolks
- 325g Butter, softened
- raspberry or strawberry jam
- icing sugar, for dusting
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C/gas mark 4.2. Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest, egg yolks and butter. Mix with an electric food mixer or a wooden spoon until it comes together as a dough. Remove from the bowl and flatten with a rolling pin or the palm of your hand to about 2cm (3/4in) thick. Wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
3. Remove the dough from the fridge and place on a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out to about 5mm (1/4in) thick.
4. Using a 6cm plain biscuit cutter, cut the dough into discs.
5. Take half the discs, and using either a plain or flower-shaped 3cm (1 1/4in) cutter, cut holes from the centre. Bring the scraps together and roll out to make more discs, and cut holes in the centre of these. You should end up with about 35 whole discs and 35 discs with the centres cut out.
6. Place the discs on baking trays (you will need a few baking trays) and bake for 8-10 minutes until pale golden. Allow to stand for a few minutes, then remove from the trays and transfer to wire racks to cool.
7. When the discs are cool, spread 1/2-1 teaspoon of jam on the whole discs and top with the discs with the centres cut out.
8. Dust with icing sugar and serve.
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As Usual AWESOME!!!!!!!! :) I love Rachel Allen recipes as they are simple to make. This cookie recipe is really good, however, the real taste depends on the quality of jam used. So, i recommend one of Rachel's raspberry jam or Jamie Oliver's strawberry jam to go with. Also, I reduced the size of the cookies to make it easier to bake (lesser trays needed),look better on dessert trays, and easier to eat! These are a sure hit!