Jam Drops

photo by WaterMelon



- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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40-42 biscuits (cookies)
ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup white sugar (caster sugar if available)
- 200 g butter, melted
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 3⁄4 cup plum jam (US jelly) or 3/4 cup any other dark coloured jam
directions
- Grease 3 oven or cookie trays.
- Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
- Combine sifted flour, coconut and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix well.
- Make a well in the flour mixture and stir in melted butter and milk.
- Mix well.
- (Don't worry if the batter looks a bit crumbly.) Using your hands, shape, rather than roll, level tablespoons of the mixture into balls.
- (Don't worry if the balls aren't perfectly round).
- If the mixture seems too crumbly at this stage, add a tablespoon or two of milk to the batter, but be careful not to make it too wet- it should still look crumbly and the dough should just come together with the heat of your hands.
- Place balls about 7cm (3") apart on oven trays.
- (They will flatten out as they cook.) Now, holding the balls together with the fingers of one hand, gently push the handle of a wooden spoon into the centre of each biscuit to make an indentation about 5mm (1/4") deep.
- (If the biscuits split a little just gently push the dough back together.) Using a finger to ease the jam off the spoon, drop about 1/4 teaspoon of jam into the hollow of each biscuit.
- (Be neat and don't overfill- you can add more jam later.) Bake on the centre shelf/shelves of a moderate 180C/350F oven for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cook in batches if necessary.
- Remove plum drops from oven and leave on trays while you add an extra 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each hollow.
- When plum drops are firm to touch, remove gently to cool on wire racks.
- Store in an airtight container between layers of baking (silicone) paper.
- They will keep well for up to a week- if they last that long!
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Reviews
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Wonderful cookies! I love the taste of coconut in them. As I'm a coconut-freak, I toasted the coconut before mixing in (150°C, 7mins watch closely, they burn FAST!) so the taste would be more pronounced. I used strawberry jam and I brushed them with glaze (egg yolk + 1 tsp water) before baking for the golden look. Thanks for the yummy recipe. I baked them for 23mins because I like crispy, crunchy cookies.
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Gorgeous biscuits! Love coconut so we really enjoyed these. I did have a slight problem with the dough being a bit wet, had to add in some extra flour, that took care of it. So, next time I shall start off with 170g of butter and add more if needed. I used strawberry jam since that was what I had on hand. Thank you, kookaburra, for sharing this wonderful recipe, definitely a keeper.
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YUMMMMMMMMY. I have just finished cooking these and they are delicious. They are everything I like a cookie to be. It was crunchy on the outside, moist and chewy inside and buttery. I used strawberry jam instead of plum cause thats all we had. Next time i might even try this cookie dough with chocolate chips or peanut butter. This will definately be going in my recipe book. Thanks Kookaburra for a great treat. UPDATE: I MADE THESE AGAIN AND WHEN I PLACED DOUGH ON BAKING TRAY INSTEAD OF USING JAM I PLACED CHOC CHIPS AROUND AND THEY WERE FABULOUS. I AM NOW THINKING OF OTHER THINGS TO TRY WITH THEM.
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Excellent recipe! These biscuits are just delicious. I used my fingers instead of a spoon to make the indentations for the jam, & I never bothered adding extra jam after cooking as I felt it wasn't necessary. I really enjoyed making these & can see this recipe becoming a family favourite. This recipe made so many biccies that I managed to fill a container for my friend to take home! So thanks from both of us!
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