Jam Slices

Ingredients:

• 125 g (135 ml) butter/ baking margarine
• 100 g (125 ml) sugar
• 280 g (500 ml) Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour
• 1 large egg
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 10 ml Snowflake Baking Powder
• 160 g (125 ml) smooth apricot jam
• Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180℃. Line a 20 cm x 24 cm baking tin. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the butter/ baking margarine and sugar until light and creamy. Add in the egg and vanilla essence, mix until combined.

2. Sift in the flour and baking powder, allow dough to come together.

3. Press 2/3 of the dough into the baking tin. Spread the jam over the dough.

4. Coarsely grate the remaining 1/3 dough over the jam.

5. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before dusting with icing sugar and cutting into portions.

Variations, Hints and Tips:

• Use chocolate hazelnut spread as an alternative to jam.
• Press the dough into small muffin pans for individual jam tarts.
• Alternatively, use strawberry jam, topped with sliced fresh strawberries, top with the grated dough.

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