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March 21, 2017 By Amy 9 Comments

Jam Tarts

Here at Baking with Granny we are big fans of simple, classic recipes. The kind that, well, your Granny would have made! The best thing about these kinds of recipes is that they are generally easy enough to try baking with kids, as well as being delicious. And Jam Tarts fit within this niche perfectly!

The observant people out there may notice that the pastry recipe used here is in fact the same as our Empire Biscuits one (although halved in quantities) – this is because it’s such a delicious sweet dough that not only works for biscuits but also lends itself nicely to Jam Tarts. You’ll often find that Jam Tart recipes use a basic short crust pastry but using a sweeter dough lends to a much better flavour all round.

Perhaps one of the best things about these little Jam Tarts is the ability to use whatever jam is to your taste. I like to use strawberry, raspberry and apricot, partly for a variation in flavours but also to give a difference in colours – like little pastry gems!

Granny’s Top Tips

♥ Add a little bit of water to your jam. This helps stop the jam going toffee-like whilst baking.
♥ A shallower cup bun tray is preferable. Muffin trays tend to be too deep, requiring more jam and can result in an uneven bake. 

Jam Tarts

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4.5 from 2 votes

Jam Tarts

Cook Time10 mins
Author: Baking with Granny

Ingredients

  • 65 g Caster Sugar
  • 175 g Butter
  • 1 Egg
  • 250 g Plain Flour
  • 24 tbsp Jam raspberry, strawberry, apricot...
  • A dash of Water

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 160°c and generously grease a couple of twelve cup bun tray with some butter.
  • Cream up your butter and sugar on on a medium speed until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and mix until combined then sift in the flour and mix to form a dough.
  • Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface until about 5mm thick. Using a round cutter which is a little bigger than the cups on your bun tray. Gently press the cut pastry circles into the pre-greased cups, taking care not to trap and air under them.
  • Spoon your required jam into a bowl (whether one kind or several - use separate bowls) and add a dash of water to the jam and mix well. Spoon a tablespoon of jam into each prepared pastry, filling to around 2/3 full.
  • Bake in your pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes until the pastry edges are golden. Leave to cool in your tray.
Jam Tarts

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Comments

  1. jenny paulin says

    April 3, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    awwww I love the concept of your blog – lovely to meet you
    Well jam tarts are a classic childhood treat of mine- kids don’t seem to eat them these days, so seeing yours has made me smile.
    thank you for linking up to #Bakeoftheweek x

    Reply
  2. Sneha says

    January 4, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    Amazing recipe.. A must try.. I will try and give feedback.

    Reply
  3. david Clark says

    September 13, 2018 at 6:29 am

    Surely adding an egg will make a cake base,
    To make pastry It’s just flour, butter, and s bit of cold water.

    Reply
    • Lozza says

      January 10, 2019 at 8:31 pm

      Not when you use that much flour ;)

      Reply
  4. Charlie Daniels says

    July 29, 2019 at 6:13 am

    Hi,
    Is the jam meant to set? Mine is still liquidy :(

    Reply
  5. Cheryl says

    June 29, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    OMG best recipe for jam tarts the pastry is delicious . Made yesterday added a drop of water to the jam and turned out perfect didn’t last long either.

    Reply
  6. William Money says

    July 13, 2020 at 4:42 pm

    4 stars
    Fantastic jam tarts with delicious pastry.
    I’m certainly no cook but I tried this tarts, halving the ingredients and left out the egg (I didn’t have one).
    The result …. light, crumbly and golden pastry with a softish jam filling….. unfortunately they didn’t last long!!!!
    Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
  7. Gerald Bruton says

    November 10, 2020 at 12:28 pm

    5 stars
    weighed everything.Followed instructions lovely taste but dough was very sticky and very hard to roll out

    Reply
  8. JJ says

    January 5, 2021 at 2:29 am

    Respect & Proud when one sees Family Culture is shared and kept alive. God Bless.

    Reply

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