Traffic Light Cookies

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Instructions

1. Cream the butter, cane sugar and syrup together until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg and vanilla essence until well mixed.

2. Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir into the mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Then gather the mixture together with your hands to form a dough.

3. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently until smooth. Then wrap in cling film or polybag and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes until firm.

4. Roll out the chilled dough to 3mm / 1/8 in thick and cut into rectangles measuring about 3cm x 8.5cm / 1 ¼ in x 3 ½ in.

5. Using a very small plain round cutter or the end of a 5cm / ½ in plain round piping nozzle cut out 3 holes to represent the lights in half of the rectangles only.

6. Place the rectangles on a baking tray lined with parchment paper before baking in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas 4 for 8-10 minutes or until just golden. Carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool.

7. Spoon 3 small blobs of the different coloured jams along the centre of the plain biscuits to represent the traffic lights. Dust the other biscuits with the holes with icing cane sugar and then arrange on top of the biscuits topped with jam. Press down gently so that the jam shows though.