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jam jewels (or jam drops)

* from Donna Hay's Modern Classics Book 2

ingredients:
180 g (6 oz.) butter, softened
1 cup caster (granulated) sugar
1 egg
2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
jam/jelly to decorate

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. place th ebutter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Add the egg and beat well. Stir through the flour and baking powder and mix to a dough.

2. Roll 2 teaspoonfulls of the mixture into balls. Place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, allowing room for the biscuits to spread, and flatten slightly. Press a finger into the middle of each cookie to make an indent. Fill hole with jam.

3. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden. Add a little more jam to the holes while the cookies are hot. Cool on wire racks.

Makes 60 cookies.

Changes, hints, tips and thoughts for this recipe:

• more cookie recipes: molasses-sugar cookies, chocolate-coffee spirals nd dried cranberry shortbread