Homemade Flower Cookies

Method

• step 1

  Preheat oven to 200 C degrees.

• step 2

  Mix baking powder and flour, sift well.

• step 3

  In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar, beat well .

• step 4

  Add 1/2 of the beaten egg and vanilla, beat well. Then, mix in the flour mixture. It will be stiff so you may want to stir with a wooden spoon.

• step 5

  Cover the dough and refrigerate for one hour or until easy to handle.

• step 6

  On a well-floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thickness using a rolling pin.

• step 7

  You need three cookie cutters for this (one flower shaped cookie cutter that is about 2 -1/2 inches across, the second needs to be a circle that is about 1 inch across, and the third should be a circle that is about 3/4 inch across).

• step 8

  Using the flower shaped cookie cutter, cut 15 cookies. Next using the second round shaped cookie cutter, cut 15 more round cookies. After that, take the round cookies and cut a round shape out of the middle of that cookie using the third cutter. Now separate the middle, smallest size round.

• step 9

  Next brush the medium sized cookie circle with some of the remaining beaten egg, then place that over the top of the flower cookie.

• step 10

  Place cookies in a greased muffin tray. Place one tablespoon of jam in the middle of the inner circle of each cookie.

• step 11

  ace cookies in a greased muffin tray. Place one tablespoon of jam in the middle of the inner circle of each cookie. Bake 8 minutes until light golden. Iâve done this in the photo above.

• step 12

  Serve and enjoy.

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