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Ingredients

Biscuits
 250 g buttter
 125 g icing sugar
 1 egg
 5 ml vanilla extract
 375 g flour
Jam filling
 125 ml strawberry/raspberry jam
 15 ml orange juice
 small cut of the orange pith

Directions

Biscuits:
1

Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease three baking trays.

2

Beat the icing sugar and butter until well combined.

3

Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat again.

4

Add the four and mix to form a soft dough.

5

Rest in the fridge for an hour.

6

Roll out between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 0,5 cm.

7

Cut out an even number of circles. Cut a small star shape out of the centre of half of them.

8

Place on a prepared baking tray and bake for 8 Minutes.

9

Transfer onto a wire cooling rack and cool completely.

Jam filling:
10

Place jam, orange juice and pith into a medium saucepan.

11

Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 Minutes.

12

Allow to cool completely before using to fill cookies.

To finish:
13

Place a small amount of jam onto a round of biscuit and top with a star biscuit.

14

Repeat to fill all the biscuits.

15

Dust with icing sugar before serving or placing into a gift box.

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Ingredients

Biscuits
 250 g buttter
 125 g icing sugar
 1 egg
 5 ml vanilla extract
 375 g flour
Jam filling
 125 ml strawberry/raspberry jam
 15 ml orange juice
 small cut of the orange pith

Directions

Biscuits:
1

Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease three baking trays.

2

Beat the icing sugar and butter until well combined.

3

Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat again.

4

Add the four and mix to form a soft dough.

5

Rest in the fridge for an hour.

6

Roll out between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 0,5 cm.

7

Cut out an even number of circles. Cut a small star shape out of the centre of half of them.

8

Place on a prepared baking tray and bake for 8 Minutes.

9

Transfer onto a wire cooling rack and cool completely.

Jam filling:
10

Place jam, orange juice and pith into a medium saucepan.

11

Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 Minutes.

12

Allow to cool completely before using to fill cookies.

To finish:
13

Place a small amount of jam onto a round of biscuit and top with a star biscuit.

14

Repeat to fill all the biscuits.

15

Dust with icing sugar before serving or placing into a gift box.

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