Jam Filled Biscuits

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (sifted once)
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar (fine granulated)
• 6 tablespoons butter (or margarine)
• 1 egg (well beaten)
• 1/3 cup milk (approximately)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
• 4 tablespoons raspberry jam

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425f.
• 2 grease a cookie sheet.
• 3 mix and sift once, then sift into a bowl: flour, baking powder, salt, 2 tbsp sugar.
• 4 cut in the butter (margarine) finely.
• 5 combine well beaten egg with milk.
• 6 make a well in the flour mixture: add liquids, mix lightly with a fork to make a soft dough. add a little more milk, if necessary, to make a soft dough.
• 7 knead for 10 seconds on a lightly floured board.
• 8 roll out to ½ inch (about 1 cm) thickness.
• 9 cut out with floured 2 ½ inch (about 5 cm) cookie cutter.
• 10 arrange (well apart) on a greased cookie sheet.
• 11 make a deep impression in the centre of each round of dough.
• 12 brush dough with a little milk.
• 13 sprinkle with 1 tbsp sugar and cinnamon.
• 14 drop a small amount of jam into each impression.
• 15 bake in preheated oven about 12 minutes.
• 16 serve immediately with butter (margarine).