Jam Drops Recipes

Steps:

• Grease 3 oven or cookie trays.
• Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
• Combine sifted flour, coconut and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix well.
• Make a well in the flour mixture and stir in melted butter and milk.
• Mix well.
• (Don't worry if the batter looks a bit crumbly.) Using your hands, shape, rather than roll, level tablespoons of the mixture into balls.
• (Don't worry if the balls aren't perfectly round).
• If the mixture seems too crumbly at this stage, add a tablespoon or two of milk to the batter, but be careful not to make it too wet- it should still look crumbly and the dough should just come together with the heat of your hands.
• Place balls about 7cm (3") apart on oven trays.
• (They will flatten out as they cook.) Now, holding the balls together with the fingers of one hand, gently push the handle of a wooden spoon into the centre of each biscuit to make an indentation about 5mm (1/4") deep.
• (If the biscuits split a little just gently push the dough back together.) Using a finger to ease the jam off the spoon, drop about 1/4 teaspoon of jam into the hollow of each biscuit.
• (Be neat and don't overfill- you can add more jam later.) Bake on the centre shelf/shelves of a moderate 180C/350F oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cook in batches if necessary.
• Remove plum drops from oven and leave on trays while you add an extra 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each hollow.
• When plum drops are firm to touch, remove gently to cool on wire racks.
• Store in an airtight container between layers of baking (silicone) paper.
• They will keep well for up to a week- if they last that long!

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. (The dough will be quite sticky).
• Place teaspoonfuls approx 4cm apart onto a baking sheet either greased or lined with baking paper.
• Make an indentation in the top of each biscuit (I use 2 teaspoons to "dig" a little hole) and fill with your choice of jam.
• Bake at 180deg C for 15 mins or until lightly golden.
• Cool on wire rack and enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°C.
• Heap the flour and icing sugar on the work surface and make a well. Put in the butter, and mix with knife or small metal spatula.
• When butter is almost incorporated add egg yolks and work the mixture with you fingers until you have a dough.
• Using the palm of you hand, push the dough away from you few times until is completely smooth.
• Roll into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30min.
• Divide the dough into 15pc each about 40g.
• Roll into a ball put on tray a press your thumb in the middle.
• Fill with you favorite jam.
• Bake 170C 10-12 minute.
• Tip: I use Ziploc bag cut a small corner and pipe the jam into a hole.