With todays recipe I’m taking a trip down memory lane. As a little girl my favourite childhood biscuit were Jammy Dodgers. If you can’t tell by the name, they’re two delicious shortbread biscuits sandwiched between strawberry or raspberry jam. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share this recipe as each biscuit has an adorable heart-shaped centre filled with jam!
I’m sure jammy dodgers are most British people’s favourite biscuits, they’re certainly my top pick along with custard creams! Jammy dodgers are very similar to Linzer cookies, but without the almond flavour. They have the same tasty jam centre and crumbly, sweet shortbread. These biscuits are delicious, yet super simple to make.
This recipe also proudly featured on Red Valentino.
(Makes 12)
Ingredients:
225g unsalted butter, softened
125g icing sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large free-range egg yolks
300g plain flour
Filling/Decoration:
12 heaped teaspoons raspberry, strawberry jam or a curd/marmalade of your choice
Method:
- Cream the softened butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks along with the flour and mix until a soft and sticky dough forms. Wrap in clingfilm and leave to rest in the fridge for 1-2 hours. If you want to speed up this process, split the dough in half and wrap each piece up individually in clingfilm. Chilling time will be halved.
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. Roll out half the dough out onto a lightly floured surface until it’s the thickness of a pound coin (approx. 0.5 cm thickness). Using a 7.5 cm cookie cutter stamp out 12 circles. Now using a 2.5 cm cutter and stamp out the centre of each biscuit. Off cuts can be baked as well, I cut mine into extra mini heart shapes.
- Roll out the other half of the dough as you did before and cut out a further 12 circles. Spread the biscuits evenly out onto 2 large lined baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a light golden colour. Keep a watchful eye whilst they’re baking, as the shortbread can brown very quickly in the last few minutes of baking time.
- Once baked leave to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. In this time of biscuits will harden and will become more easily transferable. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- Once the biscuits are cool, place about a teaspoonful of the jam into the centre of the base biscuits. Press on the top biscuits and sandwich together. Be careful as the biscuits are very delicate and can break easily. Dust the biscuits with icing sugar before serving. These biscuits will store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Hubby’s birthday tomorrow so I’ll be baking these this afternoon as a birthday/ valentines treat!
These looks delicious! One of my fav biscuits!
Yummy!! I too loved the jam filled biscuits, though never baked them myself. Will try out this recipe someday. Thanks for sharing.
These cookies are extremely cute. Now I know have to buy a heart cutter 🙂
Ohhh I never knew these were called Jammy Dodgers! I love these cookies 😀 Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’ve never had them homemade ^^ I love how this can be a valentine recipe and isn’t red velvet xD I’ve just seen too many V-day red velvet recipes these past few weeks ^^” My favorite cookies are speculoos and oreo’s. Could eat those all day.
I’ve been meaning to make these myself for ages and your post has just reminded me. Maybe this weekend will be the time! x
These cookies look amazing, Jess! I’ve always called these linzers, but I’m totally digging the Jammy Dodger name instead. I wonder where that name came from? Haha! Either way, I’ll take a batch of these…I think I know someone who might like them!
These cookies are so pretty! We call them linzers but I love the sound of Jammy Dodgers, Love jam filled cookies.
These cookies look fantastic, Jess! I have never heard of the Jammy Dodger name, but I love it!
What a lovely biscuits Jess ! You made perfection ! My favourite biscuits are English, of course ! Love the hobnobs !
When I was a child in Spain, I loved eat the “bocaditos de nata” is like oreos but with a different colour 😉 I hope you had a lovely St Valentine’s day 😉
These are absolutely gorgeous, Jessica! I’ve never heard of a jammy dodger before, but I sure love the looks of it. Delish!
These are so, so pretty! I’ve never heard these called jammy dodgers but it sounds much more fun than linzers!
These are just gorgeous 🙂
These look perfect to have with my morning or afternoon cups of coffee. I want some now, thats how good they look! Pinned!!
Such lovely cookies! In Germany, we have similar cookies for Christmas with slightly different names and shapes depending on the region of Germany you´re from. They´re one of my favorites, and now this post provides me with the perfect excuse to enjoy them all year long – had no idea they were unchristmassy in other parts of the world!
These are so adorable! Love the name too!
Wow–if only I had a childhood memory associated with these! I’ve always seen them around but never tried them, and the name jammy dodgers is just the cutest. I’m definitely saving this one for the books, Jess!
These are so pretty!!
These are adorable Jess! I love them! Great for Valentine’s day!
How sweet! I didn’t grow up eating Jammy Dodgers but if I had I am sure they would have been a favorite. These are such a lovely treat, Jess!
They’re so pretty! I love that you made a childhood favorite… it took me to memory lane too! 🙂
All the way back in Africa when I was a little girl I remember these cookies!! You are making my me think of home.
How cute! I love jam cookies 🙂
I love Jammy Dodgers, I’d love to try this recipe!! My favourites would have to be vienese biscuits (I think that’s the right word anyway haha!!) Your recipes are always fab!!
I have a weakness for these, they look SO good 😀
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Jess I love Jammy Dodgers. I find that Linzers are more buttery and shortbread like whereas Jammy Dodgers have a slight custardy element to the biscuit. These look wonderful!
These are so cute and sound yummy! Perfect for Valentine’s Day 🙂
These are so adorable! I love the cute little hearts. Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day!!
I love jammy cookies like these. They look BEAUTIFUL.. and delicious too!
Haha, I just had some Jammy Dodgers today! They can be hard to find here in Australia, so it’s actually quite unusual that I managed to get some!
Jammy Dodgers make me so happy 😀 They look wonderful!
Great recipe! Any idea how long these will keep in an airtight container?
Hi Helena! The shortbread should keep for up to 3 days. 🙂