Party Cookie Recipes - Jam Stars Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups/450 g all purpose/plain flour

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 1 cup/200 g granulated sugar

• 1/4 cup/50 g vanilla sugar

• 1/2 cup/125 g butter, cut up

• 1 large egg + 3 large egg yolks

• 1 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 3 tbsp damson plum or raspberry preserves

• 1/2 cup/75 g confectioners'/icing sugar

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the granulated and vanilla sugars. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Mix in the egg and egg yolks and vanilla. Divide the dough in half. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm).

4. Use differently sized (1-, 1 1/2-, and 2-inch (2.5-5-cm) star cutters to cut out the cookies. Continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

5. Transfer the cookies to cookie sheets, placing them 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.

6. Bake for 8-12 minutes, or until just golden. Transfer to racks and let cool completely.

7. Stick the differently sized cookies together with the preserves-the largest at the bottom, the smallest on top. Dust with the confectioners' sugar.