I baked these biscuits last week and these biscuits were a instant hit at home. I had valentines day in mind so planned for this post in advance 🙂 I love jim jam biscuits and this one was no exception to it.
U want & u get, that’s luck,
U want & u wait, that’s time.
U want but u compromise, that’s life.
U want & u wait & u don’t compromise that’s LOVE!!
Happy Valentines Day!!
Eggless Hearty Jam Biscuits Recipe
Low fat Recipe (with my modifications):
- Maida – 1 cup (135 gms)
- Custard Powder – 3/4 cup
(100 gms) - Thick Curd – 1/4 cup
(60 ml) (adjust according to the dough consistency) - Butter – 2 tbsp
- Powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup (80 gms)
- Cornflour – 1 tbsp
- Vanilla extract – 1/2 tsp
- Mixed Fruit Jam – As required
Orginal recipe Ingredients :
- Maida – 3/4 cup (100 gms)
- Vanilla custard powder – 3/4 cup (100 gms)
- Corn flour – 4 tbsp
- Butter – 1/2 cup (100 gms)
- Powdered sugar – 1/2 cup (80 gmd
- Curd – 3 tbsp
- Vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp
- Jam – 2 tbsp
NOTE : I have given the recipe with modifications that I tried and the orginal recipe. Choose as per your preference 🙂
Method:
- Mix maida, cornflour and custard powder, keep aside.Soft butter, add sugar to it and cream well. Then add curd, vanilla essence and beat well until creamy.
- Then add custard powder mixture to the butter sugar mixture and make it to soft dough. If your dough is sticky add little maida to make it a soft pilable dough.
- Roll the dough on a flat surface using chapathi roller for about 5mm thickness. Then cut out shapes using cookie cutter. Collect the remaining dough and repeat the process.
Preheat oven to 180 deg C for 10mins. Meanwhile make a small dent in the middle of all the biscuits using a small round lid and apply a very thin layer of jam in it.Arrange it in a baking tray with aluminium foil lined.- Bake it for 12-15mins at 180 deg C. Allow it to cool and store them in airtight container.
My Notes:
- As I reduced the butter and replaced it with curd, the biscuits slightly puffed up, oozing out jam. So in the next batch I applied a very thin layer of jam.So dont add more jam it will surely ooze out.
- Though the butter is reduced, the crispness is perfect. The only difference I found with reducing butter was that the biscuits started to soften after 3 days. I’m sure it will stay crispy for more time when the orginal mentioned quantity of butter is added.
- I used mixed fruit jam, you can use your favorite flavour of jam. But mixed fruit went well with the custard powder flavour.
I am sure this is a kid pleaser as my lil one enjoyed it to the core. Though she first licked only the jam, later she liked the taste of the biscuits too.
They look gr8 n perfect….500 is a huge number..I take sometimes around 100 which itself is tiring for me..
Cho sweet, Truly a novel..Perfect
These cute cookies look just the right gift for a perfect Valentine. Have a great day, Sharmilee.
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looks lovely and great pics. did u take 500 pics?
Happy valentine's day sharmilee,these cutes luks too gud…loved the perfect shape…
500?! wow!! that seems to be more bug than what bit me 🙂
500 clicks…. my god
Biscuits looks cute and delicious dear…
cute biscuits
First Pic is worth for 500 clicks! classy! i too have tried this and loved the jam bite..
500 clicks..OMG!! but the pictures are so lovely.. very delicious looking cookies..my daughter would love to have some of them.
wow, gr8 job , want to grab some..
kurinjikathambam
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Damn pretty looking biscuits, marvellous..Happy V day to u Sharmi..
very cute n super yummy biscuits
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These looks super cute …..and nice clicks dear ….Wish you Happy Valentine Day..
Very very cute and delicious biscuits… happy valentines day sharmi
These are too cute!!!!!
Prathima rao
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Lovely biscuits for the occasion. The hearts looks cute and tempting. I generally love jam in biscuits since they are kind of hard and chewy. Jam in your biscuit is tempting me now 🙂
Wish you a happy valentines day 🙂
Love the colors in the pic. Purple and pink are great combination and the yellow color of the biscuits are super highlighted. I have the experience of clicking lots of pics but 500 is like wowwww 🙂
I love cookies with jam and thislooks so so adorable and yumm.
Perfect little hearties for V Day
U clicked 500 pics for a post…omg..u r an infectious blogger…Pls share the spirit with me…Luv the jammy biscuits…perfect snack for this season…Happy valentine's day
I love jam biscuits/tarts but most use a lot of butter- i like this lower fat version. Hope to try it sometime.
Perfect for this day. Happy VDay.
Beautiful clicks..looks so perfect and yummy!!
They look absolutely adorable..perfect treats!!
Happy V day to you n your loved ones 🙂
US Masala
Loved the clicks…Loved the jam biscuits too…
Happy Valentine's Day!
lovely and flavorful jam biscuits,looks so pretty.
Happy valentine's day. Biscuits looks awesome.
500! That's some dedication! Love these cute cookies!
Simply amazing.. Happy Valentine's day!
beautifully done delicious colourful cookies
Super cute hearts..:-)One perfect valentine treat:-)
Cute looking jam cookies.
Gal 500 shots, i go for 30 to 50 and loose patience! I like the last pict and of course the cookie !
Lovely cookies,I too baked some 4 batches sterday 🙂 They taste great isn't?? 🙂 Pretty presentation!
I love Jam-filled biscuits..makes me feel like a kid!!500 pics,now that is something!!
this looks gorgeous. hope yiu had a great Vday 🙂
clicks are awesome and jam biscuits came out so perfect
awesome click and jam biscuits cam eout very perfect
Loved your valentine day quote … biscuits go perfect for the occassion
Looks fantastic. Beautiful clicks.
They look lovely!
Wow, perfect for vday celebration 🙂 gorgeous click 🙂
The clicks are fabulous!! And the biscuits look absolutely yummy !!
prefect presentation…they look delicious n tempting!
Smitha
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/I took around 500 pics in 3 schedules /OMG!!!!!
No comments Sharmi! 🙂
Cookies look cute!
How cute for the cake prettiness all over 😀
You have lots & lots of patience to take 500 pics. I love the last pic.
Lovely hearts..looks like real pieces of love..
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Love these cookies and you took 500 pics? Wow! I bet you had to charge your camera right after this was done!
Lovely lovely lovely… bookmarked!
wonderful mouth watering cookies. After a long search i have freezed your recipe to try myself for the first time… Let me tell u how it came… Wonderful pictures and wow great effort dear.
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Hi, wonderful recipe!
Just one doubt..we should mix the maida, cornflour and custard powder or sieve them together?
@ramneek : It is not really necessary to sieve just mixing is enough….
Hi! My 7 year old is not a big fan of custard powder and will probably lick the jam and refuse to try the biscuit..can I replace it with a combination of maida and sugar..and if so , what propotion should it be?
And thanks so much for this recipe….will eventually tru with custard powder if I do not hear back, anyway 🙂
@AR : I am really not sure of the exact proportion but you can try with the same proportion itself may be with a little extra butter to form the dough
Hi ! I tried baking the biscuits, but they turned to be too soft and had a uncooked taste even after baking them for a long time..any idea what could be wrong ? does it depend on the quantity of butter ? should we consider the quantity after melting the butter or before ?
@Geetanjalai : Butter should be measured just at room temperature…not sure where it went wrong..did you try baking for some more time as each oven varies with time may give 3-5mins extra?
thanks for the response. Ya, I tried baking for a longer time, even changed the racks from lower to higher rack for different batches..but it simply didn't work..what should be the consistency of the dough ? should it be hard or soft ? can I try adding baking powder ? will that make any difference ?
@Geetanjali : Yes the dough should be very soft….not sure of the outcome if baking powder is added.
hi,
ur recipes are too good to try and taste….yesterday i tried oats cookies..taste is very good but i got them very very hard…so can u plz tell me what mistakes i have done in making them….
waiting for ur reply…
thanku
phani
@Phani : Usually cookies becomes hard if overbaked….or if butter is reduced..not sure what went wrong for u…
Hi,
I tried this jam biscuits,but mine biscuits crust got very hard ?
I m new in baking,tried biscuits first time.
I used low fat receipe,but i dont know what mistake i have done.
Please help.
If the biscuits are overbaked it may turn hard…
Looking great and colourful.
Looking great and colorful.