Description
Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Christmas biscuits filled with jewel-like jam centers. Perfect for gifting, festive gatherings, or tea-time spreads. Simple to make and endlessly customizable with your favorite jams.
Ingredients
250 g unsalted butter, softened
1 cup confectioners’ sugar (sifted)
2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or same amount of vanilla extract)
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup rice flour or corn starch
1/4 cup apricot jam
1/4 cup strawberry jam
Extra confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Instructions
1. Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy using an electric mixer.
2. Sift both flours into the butter mixture and stir until a soft dough forms.
3. Lightly knead the dough, divide into two discs, wrap them, and chill for about 25 minutes.
4. Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F) and line two trays with baking paper.
5. Roll each dough disc to 4mm thick between sheets of baking paper.
6. Cut 12 rounds with a 7cm fluted cutter from one disc; from the second disc, cut matching rounds and remove a small star shape from each center.
7. Place biscuits on trays and bake for 15 minutes, until firm.
8. Cool completely on wire racks.
9. Spoon about 2 teaspoons of jam on each whole biscuit and spread close to the edges.
10. Dust star-cut biscuits with icing sugar, then gently press them onto the jam-covered bases to sandwich.
Notes
Don’t overfill with jam—use only about half a teaspoon per biscuit to prevent leakage.
Always chill dough before baking to maintain shape.
Avoid twisting cookie cutters to ensure even rising.
Dust only fully cooled biscuits with icing sugar to avoid melting.
Margarine can substitute for butter, but flavor will be lighter.
Vanilla extract or almond extract can replace vanilla paste; use half the amount if substituting almond extract.
Plain flour can replace rice or corn flour, though biscuits may be less tender.
Use smooth, good-quality jam to prevent overflow and burning.
- Prep Time: 30–45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15–20 minutes
- Category: Christmas Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Holiday
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscuit
- Calories: 3850–4100 (total batch)
- Sugar: 200 g (approx total)
- Sodium: Low
- Fat: 210–230 g
- Saturated Fat: 120 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 90–100 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 480–520 g
- Fiber: 6–8 g
- Protein: 25–30 g
- Cholesterol: 600 mg (approx)