Jam Tarts

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 130 g butter
• 275 g plain flour
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 60 ml cold water
• jam, of choice

Recipe

• 1 chop the butter into small bits and add to a bowl.
• 2 add the flour and caster sugar and with fingertips rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• 3 add the cold water and knead it in a little and roll into a ball.
• 4 wrap the ball in clingwrap and put in the freezer for 20 minutes.
• 5 preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• 6 remove from freezer and sprinkle some flour onto your worktop.
• 7 roll out the pastry to about 3mm in thickness and cut shapes with a fluted cutter or scone cutter, cut them just a little larger than the hole in the tray.
• 8 place into the tray and push down to make an indentation for the jam to go into.
• 9 add 1 teaspoon of jam.
• 10 place into oven and cook for 18-20 minutes.
• 11 cool on a wire rack being careful as the jam is very hot.