Marzipan and jam biscuits
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2 hours
These are fantastic Christmas cookies that will disappear very fast. Buttery biscuit bases are topped with redcurrant jelly and marzipan. Super yummy.
Nicola
5 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 80
- Biscuit
- 200g plain flour
- 100g cornflour
- 1 egg
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 200g butter, softened
- Marzipan Topping
- 250g butter, softened
- 250g marzipan
- 175g plain flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 lemon, zest grated
- Filling
- redcurrant jelly
Method
Prep:40min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:1hr chilling ›
Ready in:2hr
- Mix flour with cornflour. Add egg, sugar, vanilla sugar and 200g butter, process with the dough hook on an electric mixer. Wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6.
- Roll out the dough and cut out 4cm circles.
- For the marzipan topping: Knead together 250g butter, marzipan, flour, eggs, salt and lemon zest. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe circles around the edges of the biscuits. Put a blob of redcurrant jelly in the middle of each biscuit.
- Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes in preheated oven.
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This recipe just doesn't work! It turns into a gooey mess in the oven... Will not attempt a second time. - 14 Jul 2016