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Recipe for " thumbprint cakes"

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62Granny Tue 13-Feb-24 19:05:56

Thank you both, different methods so will try both 😋😋

Whiff Tue 13-Feb-24 18:45:00

Missed the g off 100g of sugar

Whiff Tue 13-Feb-24 18:44:20

Jam thumb prints
225g SR flour
100s granulated sugar
1 med egg
125g spread or butter
1 tablespoon milk
Half teaspoon vanilla extract
About tablespoon of jam
Extra sugar for sprinkling

Oven 200°c

Put flour and sugar in a bowl rub in fat. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Stir in to make soft dough.
If mixture is very sticky add bit more flour
If mixture is dry add bit more milk.

You need to beable to roll it into balls..

Divide the mixture in 16 pieces and roll into balls.

Arrange on baking tray lined with baking paper. Spaced apart.

Flour your thumb and make small well into middle of dough.

Place a marble size piece of jam into well.

Bake for 10 mins
Reduce oven to 180°c and bake for another 5 mins. Until golden.

Sprinkle with sugar. Leave on tray for 5 mins before putting in rack to cool.

MissInterpreted Tue 13-Feb-24 18:25:10

This is one I've used when I've been baking with my little GS. They were nice - didn't last long, anyway! grin
www.cookingwithmykids.co.uk/jam-thumbprint-cookies/

62Granny Tue 13-Feb-24 18:14:24

Does anyone have a recipe for these cakes, they were one of the first things we made in cookery in school, I think they were are rubbing in method and you put jam in the thumbprint indentations then baked. I am not even sure the name I am using is correct but was the only way I could think of describing them.