Giant Jam Sandwich Biscuits

Name: Giant Jam Sandwich Biscuits
Yield: Makes Three 15 cm Biscuits
Ingredients: 50 g cornflour; 250 g plain flour, plus plenty to dust; 250 g unsalted butter, softened and diced; 100 g icing sugar, plus more to dust (optional); 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 6 tbsp strawberry jam, or lemon curd, or caramel spread

Preparation info

Makes
Three
15 cm Biscuits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Birthday Cake Book

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

You can freeze this dough, or make the biscuits a day ahead. Only dust with icing sugar just before serving.

Ingredients

For the Biscuits

250 g plain flour, plus plenty to dust
50 g cornflour

Baking
Vegetarian
Cookies
Birthday

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 160°C/340°F/gas mark 3½.

In a large bowl, sift the flour, cornflour and icing sugar together. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract. Gently bring into a ball,