My beloved mother, Renee, was a wonderful, imaginative cook, here is a recipe for delicious sable biscuits she used to prepare so many years ago.
130 g (11 oz) plain flour, sifted with
1 tsp baking powder and
1 pinch of salt
"a fistful of sugar"
165 g butter
1 medium-sized egg
6 tbsp milk
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add all the other ingredients except the jam. Knead gently to obtain a pliable dough, cover with cling-film and let it rest for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
Roll out the dough and cut it into rounds with a liqueur glass. On half of the rounds cut small holes with a thimble (!) Bake in a moderate oven preheated to 180 C (350 F) for about 10 - 12 minutes.
When the biscuits are cold, spread a little jam (apricot or raspberry) on the whole biscuits. Sprinkle the rounds with the hole in the middle with icing sugar and sandwich them carefully together.
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