This is something I first had at my mother-in-law's house after she baked it. I asked her to email me the recipe earlier this weekend because it's something my husband really likes too. It's so easy to make and has no special ingredients so I didn't even need to go shopping when I decided to bake this morning.
Ingredients:
Apricot jam
125 g margarine
2 T sugar
2 T oil
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla essence
2 C flour
2 t baking powder
salt
Mix margarine and sugar until creamy.
Add oil and vanilla essence - mix well.
Beat egg and add to mixture.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt - add to mixture and mix well.
Knead slightly to form soft biscuit dough.
Press a little more than half of the dough into a baking tray or pie dish. Also press it up the sides a bit. (Next time I will use a bigger dish, my dough at the bottom is a bit thick. It shouldn't be too thick.)
Generously spread apricot jam over dough.
Grate remaining dough over jam.
*I found it doesn't grate like you would grate cheese. I kind of just pushed the dough through the grater to get little dough "worms" all over.
Bake at 170 C for about 30 minutes until light brown.
You could slice it while still hot, but we like to eat it like a biscuit when it's cooled down completely and the jam has set. In the picture below you can see the jam is still hot and runny. I couldn't wait of course! But it's now in the fridge to set. Doesn't have to go in the fridge. I'm not even sure if it should go in the fridge? But as I said, I can't wait and am trying to speed up the cooling process!
