Jam Tarts

Another great family recipe, from my Doulu Aunty. Everyone approves of this recipe and it's quite simple with a few key ingredients. These are great for Easter or a special birthday party!

Ingredients:
1 cup of organic, unsalted butter
2/3 cup of coconut palm sugar or maple sugar or refined white sugar
2.25 cups of unbleached, organic, all purpose flour (you can use spelt or gluten free flour as well)
2 organic eggs
1.5 tsp of baking powder
2.5 tablespoon of strawberry/raspberry jam

1) Mix sugar and butter in food processor/mixer well.
2) Add eggs and mix well.
3) Add flour and make into a dough. Dough should be soft but not too soft. When you cut the shapes, the dough should be firm enough to handle. If it's too soft add a bit more flour to get it to the right consistency.

4) Pre heat oven to 300 degrees F.
5) Roll dough out evenly about 1/4 of a inch thick.

6) Using round cookie cutter approx. 3 to 4 inches wide, cut shapes out.
7) For half of the shapes, use a smaller, round cookie cutter to (1/2 inch wide) to cut out another circle in the middle.

8) Place the second shape with the smaller, middle cut out on top of the other cookie shapes to create an indent for the jam.
9) Bake for approx. 20 mins. until cookies are slightly browned from bottom.

10) Remove from oven and place a bit of jam to fill indent.
11) Let cool for at least 10 mins.

Makes approx. 33 cookies
Calories per cookie: 99, Fat: 6g, Carbs: 10.8g, Fiber: 0g, Sugars: 4.7g, Sodium: 8.8mg, Protein: 1.5g