Chef Mimi’s Christmas Jam Cookies

December 1, 2017
by Rebecca Down Learn

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    Warm up your ovens, Christmas is just around the corner and what better way to kick off the festive season than with a big batch of Chef Mimi’s jam cookies. Perfect with a cup of tea, these jam cookies really are as delicious as they look. These jam cookies are really easy to make and a great thing to try out with the kids to keep them busy. And if you’re trying to save on Christmas presents this year, buy a couple of glass jars, some nice tissue paper and a bit of red candy cane string to tie around the top and you’ve got yourself a pretty lovely, homemade present. Bake these the day before Christmas for the ultimate freshness.

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    Chef Mimi’s Christmas Jam Cookies

    Ingredients

    • 500g Butter or Margarine
    • 500g Caster Sugar
    • Vanilla Seeds of 1 pod
    • 2 Eggs
    • 2 tsp Baking Powder
    • 1000g Plain Flour
    • 1 Egg Yolk (for pastry brush)
    • Icing Sugar
    • Filing:
    • Your Favourite Jam

    Instructions:

    1. Preheat your oven to 200 degree C and line a baking tray with grease proof paper.
    2. Add all the ingredients (except the fillings and the icing sugar) into a bowl. Use your finger tips to crumble the butter and dry ingredients together and then knead into a dough. Cling film and leave in the fridge for 1 hour.
    3. Roll out evenly on a floured surface and use cookie cutters to cut circles into the dough.
    4. Then cut mini hole in the middle of half of the circles using a mini star cutter if you have it or a circular one if not.
    5. Bake in your preheated oven for 5-8 minutes and remove then allow to cool.
    6. Take one of your cookie pieces without a hole and place jam in the centre. Then place one of the cookies with a hole on top and press down. Repeat for all cookies and then sieve on some icing sugar.

     

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    If you liked these and you want more, give Father Christmas’ Orange and Walnut Cookies a try. They’re so delicious you won’t want to put them out for Father Christmas when the big day comes.

    See all our tips on How to Nail Christmas Dinner.

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