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Easy mini Jam Tarts

PREP TIME 5 minutes
COOK TIME 10 minutes
TOTAL TIME 15 minutes
servings24 mini jam tarts
Easy mini jam tarts are just that, easy and quick. 20 minutes from start to finish, these bite sized treats are incredibly delicious.
Ingredients
  • FOR THE PASTRY:
  • ½ Cup (125 g) butter or margarine
  • ½ Cup (118g) castor sugar / super fine sugar
  • ¼ Cup (60ml) buttermilk or 5 ml OR 1 teaspoon lemon juice mixed into ¼ cup of milk
  • 2 Cups (250g) cake / all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon (5ml) baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon 2ml salt
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • Apricot or strawberry jam
Instructions
  • Make the pastry by creaming the sugar and butter or margarine.
  • Add the buttermilk and beat well until light and creamy.
  • Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Knead lightly to form a soft dough.
  • Next roll the pastry into balls and press into greased muffin tin.
  • Fill the jam just under ¾ in the unbaked pastry.
  • Bake at 160°C / 320° F  for 10 minutes.
  • The jam tarts are baked when you the pastry has turned a light shade of golden brown
  • Be careful not to touch the jam tarts as they come out of the oven, the jam is really hot and can really burn your fingers. Loosen them from the Mini Muffin Pan with a small spatula
  • Allow to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Nutrition
Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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