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Cookies in a Jar

Sweetheart Cookies

225 g butter

60 g confectioners sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

30 g cornstarch

225 g all purpose flour

150 g strawberry jam

Preheat the oven to 350F/180 C. Line a baking tray with parchment.

Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla, Sift the cornstarch and flour together and add to the mixture. Place dough in piping bag and pipe desired shapes on to baking parchment (remember to leave sweetheart shape in half the cookies). Bake until pale gold (15-20 mins). Cool on baking parchment for 2-3 mins before transferring on to wire rack to cool completely. Put jam on full cookie and cover with the sweetheart cut one. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

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Margie.