Shortbread Biscuits with Figs and Jam

Dec 3, 2024

Shortbread Biscuits with Figs and Jam

A wonderful Italian shortcrust pastry shortbread biscuits with figs cream filling and jam. It is easy to prepare and there is no waiting. You have to try them, they are very tasty! Follow recipe.

Ingredients: simple, total time: 50 min.

Preparation:

In a bowl, beat the whole egg, 1 egg white, sugar, oil, vanilla flavoring and grated lemon peel, combine everything well with a mixer or hand beater, until you get a uniform mixture.
After that, gradually add sifted flour with baking powder.
Knead the dough by hand on a lightly floured work surface, mix well. The dough should be smooth and leave a fingerprint.
Make a ball and roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 mm.
Use round cookie cutters to take out a 4 cm diameter form.
Fill with a small spoonful of jam or fig filling.
Brush the edges with a damp brush, then add the second round of biscuits and join the edges by gently tapping.
Place on baking paper in an oven tray.
Bake at 170/180 °C, about 20/15 min.
Cool the biscuits, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Buon appetito!

NOTE:

With a round firm and joining the second biscuit, you will have fewer biscuits. You can make it simpler to just fill and fold and get a crescent shape. That way you will have more biscuits.
In my opinion, it is tastiest with fig filling. If you have fresh figs, wash them well, dry them, chopped them and pour in a pan, with the addition of honey to taste, cook until it thickens about 20 minutes, then blend it. Look here recipe.
You can add ground walnuts mixed with vanilla sugar, it's all a matter of taste.
Keep the biscuits in an airtight box with a lid.