Jam Tarts
Supplies:
Puff Pastry
Apricot Jam, or any filling like Cherry Jam or Caramel
Coconut
Eggs
Castor Sugar or Icing Sugar
Vanilla Essence
Melted Butter
extra cake flour to sprinkle on table top
Utensils
Deep Muffin pan
Pastry Brush
Water Glass, Cup or Round Pastry Cutter
Egg Beater or Fork
teaspoons
dessert Spoon
Supplies
Supplies:
Puff Pastry Jam
Coconut
Eggs
Castor Sugar or Icing Sugar
Vanilla Essence
Melted Butter
extra cake flour to sprinkle on table top
Utensils:
Deep Muffin pan
Pastry Brush
Egg Beater or Fork teaspoons
Dessert Spoon
Preparing Muffin Pan and Starting Jam Tarts
Brush muffin pan with melted butter.
Sprinkle cake flour over table top.
Lay pastry over cake flour surface. (Do not roll out pastry)
With Glass or Round Pastry Cutter cut circles to fit over muffin pan rounds.
leave aside the extra pastry shapes
Place Pastry in Muffin Pan.
Fill each pastry round with Apricot Jam or with filling of choice.
Leave one side to prepare Coconut Filling.
Coconut Filling and Baking
Place eggs, vanilla essence and castor sugar or icing sugar.
With egg beater or fork beat the egg mix until thick and creamy.
Add coconut to the mixture.
Mix thoroughly.
Place dessertspoon full of coconut filling on top of the jam filling.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
If coconut tops are preferred brown, leave a little longer in oven.
Optional Baking Extra Pastry Shapes
Place extra pastry shapes on baking sheet.
brush with beaten egg.
Sprinkle castor sugar over pastry shapes
one can add cinnamon or any other spice with castor sugar
before sprinkling over pastry shapes.
bake pastry shapes for 15 min or until brown.
this is a delicious extra treat.
Enjoy treats and Jam Tarts with tea or coffee or a snack