Homemade Jammie Dodgers

Buttery jam sandwich biscuits, filled with raspberry jam

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword biscuits

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 10

Chilling time 30

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 152kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

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, or until lightly golden, 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

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.