James Martin's straightforward biscuits style pretty much as good as they give the impression of being and make a great Valentine's Day present

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:15 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:15 minutes
• Simple
• Makes 14-16, relying on cutter

• Freezable (Biscuits will be frozen earlier than including jam)

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Substances

• 100g icing sugar, plus further for dusting
• 200g plain flour, plus further for dusting
• 50g cornflour
• 50g floor almonds
• 250g pack chilly butter, lower into cubes
• 50g glacé cherries, finely chopped
• ½ tsp almond extract
• 8 tbsp cherry jam, sieved

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Methodology

• STEP 1

  Warmth oven to 180C/160C fan/gasoline 4. Sift the icing sugar, flour and cornflour collectively right into a bowl. Stir within the floor almonds and butter, then rub within the butter till easy. Stir within the chopped glacé cherries and almond extract, and produce collectively to type a dough.

• STEP 2

  Roll out on a evenly floured floor, then stamp out biscuits utilizing a heartshaped cutter. Maintain re-rolling the trimmings till all of the dough is used. Rigorously switch the biscuits to baking trays lined with parchment and bake for simply 8-10 minutes till simply pale golden.

• STEP 3

  Utilizing an upturned bottle prime or related, press gently into the centre of every biscuit to make a spherical indent. Spoon in a bit of jam and return to the oven for two minutes. Take away and funky on a wire rack, earlier than dusting with icing sugar to serve.