Jammy Buns

These buns were made by my 7 year old son with just a little help from me weighing out the ingredients. They can be made by hand but I cheat and use the food processor for the breadcrumb stage!

Recipe
Makes 8


Ingredients
175g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
75g butter, chilled and diced
75g soft brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 large egg
8 tsp jam

1. Preheat the oven to 220/Gas 7. Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
2. Beat the vanilla essence and egg together and stir into the flour mixture to form a stiff dough. Spoon the dough onto the baking tray to make eight rough mounds.
3. Press your thumb into the middle of each mound to make a dip, then spoon a teaspoon of the jam into each.
4. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack and serve.

These buns may be served warm but be careful not to eat them staight from the oven as the jam will burn.