Scottish recipes - Flower Jammy Dodgers

Jammy Dodger

Jammy Dodgers are a biscuit (cookie) from my Scottish childhood

Traditionally they are round with a heart cut in the middle but today I made them into flowers with a center, aren't these cute?

A Jammy Dodger is basically two shortbread biscuits (cookies) sandwiched together with Jam (Jelly)


To make these cute flower Jammy Dodgers

you will need

230g/8oz Butter
340g/12oz Plain All Purpose Flour
320g/11oz Icing (Powdered) Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
pinch of salt

• sift flour into a large bowl, add the powdered sugar and the butter

Sift flour

butter, flour, sugar

• rub all together with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs, add the vanilla and salt

Breadcrumbs

• Now kneed and mold into a dough with your hands

dough

• Cover with cling film (saran wrap) and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes

• Roll out dough onto a floured surface and cut out the shapes (I used a flower cutter)

cut out dough

• now take half of the cut outs and cut a smaller hole in them (these will be the tops)

cut out dough

cut out dough

• Place on a baking sheet and bake at 320F/160C for 10-15 minutes

• Once ready, place on a wire rack until cooled completely

cooling

• Sandwich together (solid biscuit on bottom, cut out hole on top) with a spoonful of Jam (jelly) of your choice, I used raspberry preserves

add the jam

Jammy Dodgers

• sprinkle with powdered sugar

Jammy Dodgers

Enjoy

These are a hit in my household, so cute and pretty and delicious

Go on try some

Angela

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