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    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    03/02/2023 by thebakingexplorer 7 Comments

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    These Homemade Jammie Dodgers are a buttery jam sandwich biscuit, with cute heart cut out and a seedless raspberry jam filling. Jam sandwich biscuits are similar to linzer cookies, but linzer cookies are different as they are made with grounds almond and are dusted with icing sugar. These sandwich cookies are so flavoursome and moreish, plus they look totally adorable! You can fill them with all kinds of things, raspberry jam is the traditional choice, but lemon curd, Nutella, Biscoff spread etc. will all work well and be super delicious too!

    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Ingredient Tips & Equipment Information

    • Make sure all your ingredients (particularly the butter and egg yolk) are at room temperature before you start baking.
    • I prefer to use unsalted butter for this recipe, but you can also use a baking spread.
    • For the best flavour, make sure to use a good quality vanilla extract and not an essence. You can also use a vanilla bean paste.
    • If you can't find a seedless raspberry jam, you can push seeded raspberry jam through a fine sieve to remove the seeds.
    • Although I provide cup measurements, I highly recommend weighing your ingredients out using digital kitchen scales*. It is the most accurate way to measure ingredients and will ensure the best results. Digital scales are very low cost and can be purchased for around £12 ($16.50) .
    • For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons* and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.

    For the full recipe with measurements, head to the recipe card at the end of this post.

    How to make Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Start by mixing the butter and icing sugar together until well combined and creamy looking. Add the egg yolk, vanilla extract and milk, and mix until fully incorporated. Then add the plain flour and salt, and mix until combined.

    Press the mixture together into a dough and form a rough disc shape. Wrap in cling film and chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough onto a well floured surface.

    Cut out your biscuit rounds, then cut heart shapes out of half of them. Bake for 10 minutes, then leave to cool. Spread some seedless raspberry jam over one of the biscuit rounds, then top with a biscuit round that has had a heart cut out of it. Repeat until all of the biscuits have been sandwiched together.

    For the full recipe with measurements, head to the recipe card at the end of this post.

    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Do you need an electric mixer to make this recipe?

    While an electric stand mixer is helpful in making these biscuits and saves a lot of time and energy, you don't need one to make them. You can absolutely make the biscuits by hand, or with a handheld electric whisk.

    Do you have to chill the dough?

    I highly recommend chilling the dough, this helps to reduce the amount the biscuits spreads in the oven, it also gives the biscuits better texture.

    How should the biscuits be stored and can they be frozen?

    The baked biscuits will last for 3-4 days in an airtight container in a cool place. You can freeze the unbaked dough - either unrolled or cut into shapes. To freeze it unrolled, wrap the ball of dough in cling film well. To freeze the cut out shapes, lay them out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and freeze them flat. When they are frozen, store in a freezer bag or container with baking paper between each one. You can bake them straight from frozen, they may just need a couple more minutes in the oven. You can freeze the baked biscuits too, wrap them well or store in a freezer bag for up to 3 months. Put a square of baking paper between each one to stop them from sticking together.

    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    How many biscuits does this recipe make?

    You can use any biscuit cutter with this recipe, so it depends what size you use as to how many biscuits you get. Mine was 5cm wide and it made 20 sandwiched biscuits.

    Can this recipe be made gluten free?

    For gluten free you can replace the plain flour with a gluten free plain flour blend. You may also like to add ¼ tsp xanthan gum for better texture. Please check the labels of everything you use if serving to someone with an allergy or intolerance.

    Can this recipe be made dairy free?

    For a dairy free version, use a dairy free milk and dairy free block butter alternative instead of butter, I recommend Flora Plant. Please do check the labels of everything you use if serving to someone with an allergy or intolerance.

    More tips for making the Homemade Jammie Dodgers:

    • Let the biscuits cool on the baking tray for at least 10 minutes before trying to move them onto a cooling rack. Otherwise they will be too soft and could break.
    • If you don't have a heart shaped cutter of the right size, you could use a small star cutter, or a round cutter. You can also use the large round side of a piping nozzle.
    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Troubleshooting

    If you have any questions about this recipe, or if something went wrong and you need help, please use the comment form below and I will get back to you. You can also get in touch with me on my Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. I'd love to hear from you!

    Recommended equipment & ingredients*

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    • Measuring spoons
    • Cooling rack
    • Kitchen scales
    • Electric hand mixer
    • Stand mixer
    • Rolling pin
    • Silicone mat
    • Sieve
    • Jammie dodger biscuit cutter
    • Linzer cookie cutter set
    • Heart cutters
    • Round cutters

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    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Homemade Jammie Dodgers

    Buttery jam sandwich biscuits, filled with raspberry jam
    5 from 4 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: British
    Keyword: biscuits
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Chilling time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings: 20
    Author: thebakingexplorer

    Ingredients

    For the biscuits

    • 135 g Butter softened, unsalted
    • 135 g Icing sugar sieved
    • 1 Egg yolk
    • 1 tbsp Milk
    • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
    • 250 g Plain flour
    • ⅛ tsp Salt

    For the filling

    • 200 g Seedless raspberry jam
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Start by mixing the butter and icing sugar together until well combined and creamy looking. This is best done in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment for 3-5 minutes
    • Add the egg yolk, vanilla extract and milk, and mix until fully incorporated
    • Add the plain flour and salt, and mix until combined
    • Bring the mixture together into a dough and form a rough disc shape. Wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes
    • Meanwhile, pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4, and line a few baking trays with baking paper
    • Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out onto a floured surface to a thickness of 3mm. Keep turning the dough as you roll, to ensure it doesn't stick to the surface, and add more flour underneath as needed
    • Cut out your biscuit rounds and place them onto the lined baking trays, then cut heart shapes out of half of them. You will need to re-roll out the dough to use it all up
    • Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes, then leave to cool on the trays for at least 10 minutes before moving to cooling racks
    • When they are full cool, spread some seedless raspberry jam over one of the biscuit rounds, about 1 tsp per biscuit, then top with a biscuit round that has had a heart cut out of it. Repeat until all of the biscuits have been sandwiched together
    • Store in an airtight container in a cool place for 3-4 days, you can also freeze them
    Made this recipe?Share on Instagram with me @TheBakingExplorer or tag #thebakingexplorer!

    Notes

    • Make sure all your ingredients (particularly the butter and egg yolk) are at room temperature before you start baking.
    • I prefer to use unsalted butter for this recipe, but you can also use a baking spread.
    • For the best flavour, make sure to use a good quality vanilla extract and not an essence. You can also use a vanilla bean paste.
    • If you can't find a seedless raspberry jam, you can push seeded raspberry jam through a fine sieve to remove the seeds.
    • Although I provide cup measurements, I highly recommend weighing your ingredients out using digital kitchen scales*. It is the most accurate way to measure ingredients and will ensure the best results. Digital scales are very low cost and can be purchased for around £12 ($16.50) .
    • For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons* and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 62mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 183IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg

    If you like this, check out more of my Biscuit recipes!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. June Antoszkiw

      February 10, 2023 at 10:22 am

      5 stars
      An amazing melt in the mouth recipe, everybody loved them

      Reply
      • thebakingexplorer

        February 12, 2023 at 8:40 pm

        Wonderful news - thank you!

        Reply
    2. Jennie Forbes

      February 10, 2023 at 10:57 am

      5 stars
      Love this recipe! The biscuits were lovely and buttery and crumbly. My grandchildren said they were far better than shop bought and requested I make them again!! Easy to follow recipe.

      Reply
      • thebakingexplorer

        February 12, 2023 at 8:39 pm

        Thanks so much for such a lovely review Jennie!

        Reply
    3. Sarah Rook

      February 10, 2023 at 5:08 pm

      5 stars
      I'm very much a beginner at baking but the recipe is really easy to follow and produced lovely tasting biscuits. My work colleagues ate them all and have asked me to make more!

      Reply
      • thebakingexplorer

        February 12, 2023 at 8:39 pm

        Thank you so much for a lovely review Sarah!

        Reply
    4. Lynsey

      February 16, 2023 at 11:07 am

      5 stars
      What a delicious taste these are!
      So easy to make, I will be making these again and again as my children demolished them.
      Thank you for sharing the recipe.

      Reply

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