JAM AND COCONUT TARTS

JAM AND COCONUT TARTS (HERTZOGGIES)
120 g butter
8 tablespoons of sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups of self raising flour
2 cups of dessicated coconut
1 cup of jam

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks and vanilla essence and cream some more.
Lastly add sifted self raising flour and make a soft dough.
Leave dough aside.

Next beat 4 tablespoons of sugar with the egg whites, thereafter mix in the desiccated coconut. Leave this mixture one side.
Take soft dough and roll out.
Use a doughnut cutter and cut rounds.
Place each round into a greased muffin tin.
Spread a teaspoon of jam.
Now top with a tablespoon of the egg white mixture.
Bake at 160 degrees C for 20 minutes.
Enjoy it’s a treat❤
Recipe and photo: Yasmeen Ibrahim

Photo: Bernice Leggett  – Came out devine… Love the dough light lit crunch