Jam Pillows

Sift the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl.

Add the sugar, vanilla sugar, egg, soft butter and rum flavouring and use a hand mixer to knead into a smooth, pliable dough.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.

Preheat the oven to 180 °C fan (200 °C conventional) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 3 mm thickness.

Cut rectangles of about 4.5 x 3.5 cm with a pastry wheel and place half of them on the baking sheet.

Place a hazelnut-sized dollop of jam on each rectangle using two teaspoons.

Top with the remaining rectangles and press the edges together all around.

Bake the sheet on the middle rack for about 10 minutes.

Immediately dust the cookies with powdered sugar and then let them cool completely on a wire rack.