Jam Drops
125g butter
75g (1/3 cup) caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
185g (1 1/4 cups) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp milk
160g (1/2 cup) jam of your choice (like strawberry, raspberry, apricot, plum or blackberry)
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
Beat the butter, caster sugar and vanilla essence in a medium mixing bowl with electric beaters until pale and creamy.
Sift the plain flour and baking powder together.
Use a wooden spoon to mix the dry ingredients
and milk into the butter mixture.
Mix to a soft dough.
Roll small balls of biscuit mixture with lightly floured hands
and place on the prepared baking try about 5cm apart.
Flatten each ball with a spatula to
make them about 3.5cm in diameter.
Make a 2cm-wide indent in the centre
of each with your finger or the end of a wooden spoon.
Fill each indent generously with jam.
Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes
or until lightly golden and cooked through.
Stand on the baking tray for 2-3 minutes
before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Repeat with the remaining biscuit dough and jam.
Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.