I served these jam & apple tarts with thick cream, as a dessert .....I find baking incredibly relaxing. Especially when it involves making pastry. My favourite time to bake is at night … just after I’ve put my daughter to bed …. when the air is cool (and good for pastry making !) and the crickets are chirping in the grass outside, and the bush babies are softly chattering in the trees above …. ahhh, nothing beats it !
These jam tarts are quick and easy to make and are great served with tea or even as a dessert with some thick cream dolloped over them -:
Jam & Apple Tarts
1 ½ cups Flour
½ cup Sugar
½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
½ cup Margarine
¼ cup Boiling Water
Jam (Raspberry or Strawberry works well)
Apple Sauce (I use sweetened)
Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Lightly rub the margarine in until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Add enough of the boiling water to make a stiff paste. Roll out on to a floured surface and cut 12 circular shapes out of the pastry with a pastry/biscuit cutter (or the rim of a drinking glass).
Place the 12 pastry circles into a buttered patty pan tin and fill each alternative one with a teaspoon of either jam or apple sauce, taking care to leave enough space so that it doesn’t bubble over during baking.
Bake at Gas Mark 5/190’C/375’F for 20 to 30 minutes until done.
These jam tarts are quick and easy to make and are great served with tea or even as a dessert with some thick cream dolloped over them -:
Jam & Apple Tarts
1 ½ cups Flour
½ cup Sugar
½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
½ cup Margarine
¼ cup Boiling Water
Jam (Raspberry or Strawberry works well)
Apple Sauce (I use sweetened)
Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Lightly rub the margarine in until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Add enough of the boiling water to make a stiff paste. Roll out on to a floured surface and cut 12 circular shapes out of the pastry with a pastry/biscuit cutter (or the rim of a drinking glass).
Place the 12 pastry circles into a buttered patty pan tin and fill each alternative one with a teaspoon of either jam or apple sauce, taking care to leave enough space so that it doesn’t bubble over during baking.
Bake at Gas Mark 5/190’C/375’F for 20 to 30 minutes until done.
