Christmas Jam Jams

        "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....." -Bing Crosby

                                   CHRISTMAS COMPANY JAM JAMS
            ( I always DOUBLE recipe, otherwise it doesn't make very many.  They will disappear in a flash…..zoom)

 PREHEAT oven to 450 degrees.

 My old recipe book is written on, marked scribbled with notes. First time I made these was when we lived in St. Albert. One summer we went to Fort Edmonton with friends and I brought Jam Jams.Was a wonderful day. My mother would make these at Christmas  for morning company that stopped in. She'd serve them hot with butter, tea or coffee and her fruitcake on the side.

 2 cups flour, 2 tbsp sugar,  1 tbsp baking powder, Pinch salt,½ cup margarine

 In large bowl combine dry ingredients. Cut in margarine. Make a well in the centre. 

 WET INGREDIENTS: 1 egg, beaten, ½ cup ( and a tad more) milk

 Beat together wet ingredients. ( I did a triple batch so that's why you see three eggs)

                         "Christmas now surrounds us...." -Shirley Sallay

 Then plop all together into bowl of dry ingredients and stir lightly to form a soft dough. If the dough is rather dry, and if might be, then add a tad more milk. Must be a soft unworked dough.

 It should not be overmixed or the Jam Jams will be stiff.The less you mix the light the biscuits will become tough.

 The dough should look like you haven't brought it together too well. See pic above.  It is basically scone dough. It you make it like smooth like bread dough it will be awful.

 "Blessed is the season that engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." -H. W. Mabie

 Pat or roll out to ¾ inches. Cut with cookie cutter.

 I use a fairly wide one...about 2 inches. If you make them too small the jam jams are hard and yukky.

 Place on silpat liners or greased cookie sheet. Stick thumb in centre of each. Place a dollop of jam in the hole.

 You can use any sort of jam, or marmalade for the centres. It needs to bake with the scone, rather than apply to the baking  later on. 

 Bake at 450 for about 10 minutes

 Watch carefully, as they tend to burn if left too long in oven.  

 Should just be brown and the biscuit starting to separate into layers.

 Serve to company. The pastry should be flaky and separate. If they do not separate that means you over kneaded. Yum yum those Jam Jams!

 "Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it  by giving the light of love to those who need it most." -Ruth Carter Stapleton

 Photographs 2017