Hi guys! Sorry it has been so very long but life happened I’m
afraid! The day finally came where we had to travel halfway across the UK to my
parents’ house and collect up my essential things…of course for me this means I
finally got all my baking stuff!!!!! (Strokes ceramic mixing bowl and cuddles
cake tins).
So I thought what better way to return than with a baking
recipe with actual equipment! Now my other half LOVES jammy dodgers but I am
not a fan of the price that they can be, so I decided to take it upon myself to
see if I could replicate them with my own special twist.
The recipe that I came up with used a very basic biscuit
recipe along with my favorite jam, the outcome was pretty good and they went
down very well indeed with a cup of lady grey tea!
This recipe will give you between 10-15 jammy dodgers
depending on the size of cookie cutter you use and can easily be completed from
start to finish in an hour.
Things you will need:
-
100g of caster sugar
-
200g of unsalted butter
-
300g of self-raising flour
-
A small pinch of salt
-
Your favorite jam
Step 1: In a
large bowl, combine the sugar and butter, mix together until the mixture becomes
light in texture and color.
Step 2: Slowly
start to combine the flour in with your mix along with a small pinch of salt,
the result will be a very light in texture dough which is quite crumbly, feel
free to add water or more flour to get a texture you are comfortable working
with.
Step 3: Turn your
dough out onto a floured surface and use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to
a rough thickness of about 1 cm, use a cookie cutter to cut out all of your
circles, remember to end up with an even number.
Step 4: Use a
smaller cutter or a bottle cap to punch a hole in the center of half of all the
cookies; this creates the signature hole in the top of a jammy dodger.
Step 5: Transfer
all cookies over to a baking tray which is lined and greased before placing
them in your preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until the tops have turned
golden, don’t worry if they seem a little soft, they will harden as they cool.
Step 6: As soon
as they come out of the oven, sprinkle them with a small amount of sugar just
to give it a little finishing touch and leave them to cool completely before
removing from the sheet, be careful when you do as the half with the holes in
the middle are quite delicate.
Step 7: Take the
half without a hole in the middle and spread a thin layer of your favorite jam
across them, place the half with the holes on top of them to finish off your
homemade jammy dodgers!
And there you go! One simple yet easy jammy dodger recipe
for you to replicate at home!
Why not mix things up and use different flavors of jam? Why
not try apricot or blackberry jam for an alternative jammy dodger? The options
are endless!
Thank you so much for sticking around while I have been
absent and expect loads of new recipes coming your way soon!
