Jam thumbprints (biscuits)

These are a fairly easy to bake treat, I often make them around christmas, when my thoughts tend to turn to baking and comfort food. They look cute as well.

 

Ingredients:
8oz soya marg
9oz plain flour
6oz sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
some jam!

To make:
heat oven to 180
mix sugar, marg & vanilla and almond extract until creamy
add flour and mix well
Take scoop of dough and roll into a walnut sized ball
Place the balls onto a greased baking tray and use your thumb to make an indentation. Fill with jam
Bake for 15 mins, do not let the biscuits brown.

Rhubarb & Ginger Jam

This is absolutely one of my favourite things to make! It's really quite easy and makes a lovely gift as it is quite an unusual flavour. I'm not going to reproduce the recipe here as this one from the BBC Good Food website is fantastic - all you need is rhubarb; fresh ginger; crystalised ginger; jam sugar; and lemon.

I'd recommend playing around with the amounts of ginger you put, depending on how much you like the taste. Personally I like quite a lot.

Enjoy!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1091639/rhubarb-and-ginger-jam