RECIPE: Quandong Jam Drops

22 Nov 2020

By Contributor

Makes: 16

Ingredients

  • 125g butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cup self-raising flour
  • 1/3 cup Quandong Jam

Method

  1. Collect all utensils and ingredients.
  2. Preheat oven to 160°C.
  3. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
  4. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence in a medium bowl, until pale and creamy.
  5. Add the egg and beat until combined.
  6. Sift flour over the butter mixture and stir with a spatula until combined.
  7. Use lightly floured hands to roll 30g of mixture into balls. Place on the prepared trays, about 5cm apart.
  8. Use a lightly floured finger or end of a wooden spoon, make an indentation in the centre of each ball. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of jam into the centre of each biscuit.
  9. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, swapping trays halfway through cooking, or until the biscuits are cooked through and light golden.
  10. Remove biscuits from the oven. Set aside on trays for 30 minutes to cool completely.
Quandong is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia and is one of the nation’s most versatile bush foods. Photo: Adobe Stock.

From pages 28 of Issue 27: Community of The Record Magazine