Call the kids to the kitchen  they’ll love helping you make these tasty treats. They’re also known as thumbprint cookies, because you use your thumb to create a cavity, which holds a little treasure of sweet jam. For variation, use any of the delicious jams in the Rhodes Quality range.

Ingredients

• 125 ml butter, softened
• 125 ml castor sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 5 ml (1 t) vanilla essence
• 500 ml (2 C) cake flour
• 60 ml (4 T) corn flour
• 5 ml (1 t) baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 12 teaspoons of Rhodes Quality Mixed Fruit Jam
• icing sugar

Method

1. Beat the butter and castor sugar together until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla essence.
2. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, corn flour, baking powder and salt together and add to the butter mixture.
3. Bring together to create a firm dough.
4. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Roll equal-sized balls of dough and place on the baking sheet.
5. Use your thumb, or the back of a wooden spoon, to make an indent in the dough and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 10 – 12 minutes or until lightly golden.
6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
7. Fill the indent with Rhodes Quality Mixed Fruit Jam and dust with icing sugar.