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Christmas jammy stars
Christmas jammy stars
Perfect for the top of the tree; or the bottom of your tummy
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Ready in 30 minutes
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Cooking time 10 minutes
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Prep time 20 minutes
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Serves 12
Ingredients
- 100 g unsalted English butter by Sainsbury's, softened
- 100 g Fairtrade white caster sugar by Sainsbury's
- 1 medium British free-range Woodland egg yolk by Sainsbury's
- 1 tsp Taste the Difference Madagascan vanilla extract
- 200 g British plain flour by Sainsbury's, plus extra for dusting
- 60 g strawberry jam by Sainsbury's
- 1 tbsp icing sugar, to dust
Method
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4.
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2
In a medium bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk and the vanilla extract. Stir in the flour and then, using your hands, lightly knead to form a ball.
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3
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough to a 5mm thickness. Using an 8cm star-shaped cookie cutter, stamp out 24 stars, then stamp out little stars from the middle of 12 of the biscuits using a 2-3cm star cutter. Place the biscuits on baking parchment-lined baking trays and put in the freezer for 10 minutes.
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4
Spread a thin layer of jam on to the whole large stars, placing the stars with cut-out middles on top. Bake for 10 minutes until lightly golden. Allow to cool on a wire rack, then dust with icing sugar to serve.
