Afternoon Ruby Tea Biscuits

Ingredients

some flour on a rolling pin
250 gr sifted all-purpose flour
18 gr baking powder
26 gr sugar
1 gr salt
95 gr vegetable shortening
180 ml milk
130 gr jam

Instructions

in the dough. Use a straight downward motion and don't twist thecutter. With the spatula lift half the circles, one at a time, onto the cookie sheet. Arrange about 3 cm apart. With a small biscuit cutter (smaller than the one used to cut out the biscuits) cut a hole in the rest of the circles to make rings and lift out the centers with the spatula. Set these little centers aside. With the spatula place the rings on top of the large circles on the cookie sheet. Put a teaspoonful of jam or jelly in the middle of each ring. Bake the biscuits dozen to 15 minutes, or until puffed and slightly golden. Take the cookie sheet from the oven. Immediately lift the biscuits from the cookie sheet with the spatula. ----