Festive Jam Tarts
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Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 60g raspberry jam
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut, to dust
Details
servings 12
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla extract. Stir in the flour and then, using your hands, lightly knead to form a ball.
Step 2
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a 5mm thickness. Using a 8cm star shaped cookie cutter, stamp out as many stars as you can, then, using the smaller star shaped cookie cutter, stamp the little stars from the middle of half of the bigger stars. Place the biscuits onto a lined or greased baking sheet. Place these in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Spread a thin layer of jam onto the whole larger stars, placing the stars with the cut-out middles on top. Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly golden. Allow to cool on a wire rack, then sprinkle with desiccated coconut to serve.
You will have pastry left from the smaller star cut outs, you can either bake these separately, or roll out the pastry again and make a few more.
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