Sesame-crusted Jam Thumbprints (small Batch)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup flour (might need a bit more)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar (scant)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon butter (generous)
• 1 tablespoon jam (or nutella or nut butter)
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl combine flour, sugar, salt and butter. knead into a smooth dough. if it is too crumbly, add a little milk or water (just enough to make it workable). if it is too wet, add enough flour to make dough workable.
• 2 put the sesame seeds a plate or platter.
• 3 take off walnut-sized dough nuggets and roll them into balls. flatten them slightly pressing them into the sesame seeds.
• 4 transfer cookies to a paper-lined baking sheet and make an indentation in the middle of each cookie using your fingers or the handle of a spoon. fill this with jam/nutella/nut butter.
• 5 bake in the preheated oven at 190°c/375°f for 12-15 minutes or until bottoms are slightly golden.
• 6 allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.