AD | "On the whole, I’m not a person much given to cutesiness but, looking at these cookies, I wouldn’t blame you for not believing me. Yes, I love how they look, but that’s never enough – these have a tenderness that would win me over regardless of their enchanting appearance, and the apricot jam at the centre is the perfect match for the almond-rich dough. Yet, while the biscuits have a flutteringly light texture, the dough itself is admirably robust: you can re-roll with impunity and trust the cookies to keep their shape. The egg-shaped cutter does all the heavy lifting here. As for the hole you make in the top cookie, I use the wide end of a Tala icing nozzle.” “On the whole, I’m not a person much given to cutesiness but, looking at these cookies, I wouldn’t blame you for not believing me. Yes, I love how they look, but that’s never enough – these have a tenderness that would win me over regardless of their enchanting appearance, and the apricot jam at the centre is the perfect match for the almond-rich dough. Yet, while the biscuits have a flutteringly light texture, the dough itself is admirably robust: you can re-roll with impunity and trust the cookies to keep their shape. The egg-shaped cutter does all the heavy lifting here. As for the hole you make in the top cookie, I use the wide end of a Tala icing nozzle.”

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