Prep: 45 mins | Cook: 12-14 mins | Serves: 10| Cost: £2

Ingredients

For the biscuits

• 200g Softened butter
• 50g Icing sugar
• 2tsp Vanilla extract
• 200g Plain flour
• 2tsp Cornflour
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder

Method

1. Heat oven to 160°C (fan) and line 2 baking sheets with baking paper
2. Put the butter and icing sugar in a bowl and beat (electric mixer best) for about 5 mins until pale & fluffy.
3. Add the vanilla extract and beat again until fully mixed
4. Sift the flour, cornflour & baking powder and add to the mix.
5. Fold it all together. Keep going until it is all combined. The dough should be quite tacky.
6. Put the dough in a piping bag and pipe swirly circles onto baking parchment. They should be about 5cm in diameter. Make sure you leave a good gap between each circle.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden and then leave to cool (preferably on a wire rack).
8. Next, make the filling. put the butter in a bowl and add the icing sugar. Stir together and the whisk until you have a fluffy buttercream. Then add the vanilla extract and whisk again.
9. Put some buttercream on one side of a biscuit and some jam on another and sandwich the two together.

Blags, Tips & Tricks

• These would work with any kind of jam.