Christmas Star Cookies
Ingredients
Biscuits
Jam filling
Directions
Biscuits:
- Step 1:
Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease three baking trays.
- Step 2:
Beat the icing sugar and butter until well combined.
- Step 3:
Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat again.
- Step 4:
Add the four and mix to form a soft dough.
- Step 5:
Rest in the fridge for .
- Step 6:
Roll out between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 0,5 cm.
- Step 7:
Cut out an even number of circles. Cut a small star shape out of the centre of half of them.
- Step 8:
Place on a prepared baking tray and bake for .
- Step 9:
Transfer onto a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
Jam filling:
- Step 10:
Place jam, orange juice and pith into a medium saucepan.
- Step 11:
Bring to the boil and simmer for .
- Step 12:
Allow to cool completely before using to fill cookies.
To finish:
- Step 13:
Place a small amount of jam onto a round of biscuit and top with a star biscuit.
- Step 14:
Repeat to fill all the biscuits.
- Step 15:
Dust with icing sugar before serving or placing into a gift box.
