Makes 30

Ingredients:
1 1/2 C brown sugar
250g butter, softened
1 egg
2 1/2 t mixed spice
1 1/2 t cinnamon
2 3/4 C flour
1 T baking powder
1/3 C strawberry or raspberry jam

Method:
1. Place sugar, butter and egg into a food processor. Process until well combined.
2. Add mixed spice, cinnamon, 1 3/4 cups of flour and baking powder and mix until combined.
3. Add remaining flour and combine until mixture comes together to form a dough.
4. Refrigerate dough in plastic wrap for 30 minutes or until firm.
5. Preheat oven to 160°C. Line baking trays with baking paper.
6. Roll dough out to 5mm thick and cut out biscuits (half of the biscuits should have a hole in the middle).
7. Place biscuits onto prepared trays and bake for 10-15 minutes or until light golden.
8. Stand for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
9. Spread unholed biscuits with jam. Sandwich with remaining biscuits.

Makes 30

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
1/2 C sugar
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 C S.R. flour
1/3 C strawberry or raspberry jam

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence in a medium bowl until pale and creamy.
3. Add the egg and beat until combined. Sift flour over the butter mixture and stir until combined.
4. Use lightly floured hands to roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls. Place on the prepared trays, about 5cm apart. Make an indentation in the centre of each ball. Spoon 1/2 tsp of jam into the centre of each biscuit.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, swapping trays halfway through cooking, or until the biscuits are cooked through and light golden.
6. Remove biscuits from the oven. Set aside on trays for 30 minutes to cool completely.