Peanut-Butter and Jam Jewels

Name: Peanut-Butter and Jam Jewels
Yield: Makes about 50
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 300 g plain flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; enough strawberry jam for 50 coffee-spoon-sized splodges; enough strawberry jam for 50 coffee-spoon-sized splodges; 125 g soft unsalted butter; 150 g caster sugar; 200 g smooth peanut butter; 2 large eggs; 125 g soft light brown sugar or light muscovado; 125 g soft light brown sugar or light muscovado

Preparation info

Makes about
50

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

How to be a Domestic Goddess

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

About

This is really just a biscuity evocation of the American child’s favourite combination, peanut butter and jelly. I am not convinced about this in a sandwich, but here, in a soft, buttery biscuit, the taste is wonderful. And they look beautiful, like the sort of jewels worn by fairy-tale princesses.

Ingredients

125 g soft unsalted butter
150 g caster sugar
125

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.

Cream together the butter and sugars, and add the peanut butter, beating to combine, then the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt to make a damp, sticky dough, and put it in the fridge to firm up for at least 1 hour,