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Deck-of-card dodgers

Name: Deck-of-card dodgers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 350g plain flour plus extra for dusting; 150g cold unsalted butter cut into small cubes; 90g icing sugar sieved; 2 egg yolks (freeze the whites to use in another recipe); 75g seedless blackcurrant jam; 75g seedless raspberry or strawberry jam

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 12 mins

plus chilling and cooling

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Make these fabulous deck-of-card jammy dodgers for a kids party. Inspired by the book Alice in Wonderland, they’re also perfect for celebrating World Book Day

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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350g plain flour

plus extra for dusting
150g cold unsalted butter

cut into small cubes
90g icing sugar

sieved
2 egg yolks

(freeze the whites to use in another recipe)
75g seedless blackcurrant jam
75g seedless raspberry or strawberry jam

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal549
fat23g
saturates14g
carbs77g
sugars32g
fibre3g
protein7g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Tip the flour and butter into a food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and blitz again to combine. Add the egg yolks and 1 tsp cold water, and blitz to form a dough. If it’s too dry, add ½ tsp water. Tip the dough onto a clean surface, shape into a disc, then wrap and chill for 20 mins. Will keep chilled for a day.
step 2

Roll the chilled dough out on a lightly floured surface to a large square about ½cm thick. Stamp out 16-20 rectangles using a 6 x 9cm cookie cutter, or cut out using a sharp knife. Stamp or cut out the card deck shapes from the middles of half the rectangles using club, diamond, spade and heart cutters, or a knife. Transfer to two baking trays lined with baking parchment, then chill for 20 mins.
step 3

Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Put the blackcurrant jam in one bowl and the raspberry or strawberry in another. Stir both to loosen. Bake the biscuits for 10-12 mins until lightly golden, turning halfway through if needed. Cool completely on the trays.
step 4

Sandwich the plain biscuits with a card-deck biscuit using the jam – sandwich with blackcurrant for clubs and spades, and raspberry or strawberry for hearts and diamonds. The baked cut-out shapes can be enjoyed as a snack or served alongside the sandwich biscuits. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2023

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