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Quarantine Swirls

In case you are out of puzzles and ancient board games to keep you busy during these most unusual times, here's a great recipe to sweeten your day :) Also, please be reminded of how important it is to limit your social contacts and stay at home as much as possible. Think of all the people who are at risk and the health care staff members that are coming to their limits! Let these cookies be a good reason to enjoy some time for ourselves and do things at home that you'd normally not have the time for.

Ingredients (~25 cookies):

  • 200g Flour

  • 50g Starch (I used Corn Starch)

  • 1 tsp Baking Powder

  • 90g Sugar

  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

  • 100g soft Butter

  • 1 Egg

  • 1 tbsp Milk

  • Your favourite Jam (I used Raspberry)

  • 20g Poppy Seeds


Method:

  1. Preheat your oven to 170°C

  2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, starch, 70g of the sugar, baking powder and vanilla extract. Add the butter, egg, and the milk, and use your hands to knead the ingredients into a smooth dough ball.

  3. Sprinkle some flour onto the kitchen counter to prevent the dough from sticking. Now roll the dough into a rectangle of about 30 x 40cm.

  4. Using a spoon, spread the jam on the dough. Mix the remaining sugar and poppy seeds, then sprinkle them evenly over the jam. Start at the longer side, roll up the dough into a sausage, using some pressure to make sure it rolls up nice and tight. Cut the roll into 1cm thick slices and lay them onto a baking tray

  5. Bake the cookies for about 12-15 minutes in the oven and let cool thoroughly :) Enjoy and stay safe!


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