Jam turnovers

I left South Africa in the late 1980's, this recipe is from good friends that I had back then and now making and eating them is a trip down memory lane...
 

 

Ingredients:
  • 200g flour
  • 115g butter
  • 1 egg, separated
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • jam for filling
  • sugar for sprinkling

Method:

Rub together sifted dry ingredients and butter.
Add cream and yolk.
Form into a dough.
Roll out on a pastry sheet sprinkled with flour and sugar.
 

 
Cut into rounds, place a dab of jam in the centre, damp edges slightly, fold over and press edges together.


 

Brush with slightly beaten egg white, sprinkle with sugar and bake at 210° C for about 10 minutes.