Finnish Christmas Pastries

Traditional Finnish Christmas pastries

For the pastry you will need:

200g (7 oz) soft butter or margarine

2,5dl (1 cup) flour

1dl (1/3 cup) cold water

1 teaspoon vinergar

Filling:

Plum jam

• Put all the pastry ingredients into a bowl and mix quickly by hand into a dough. Don't nead too much.
• Put the dough to a cold place to harden.
• Roll out on a floured board, folding a few times to make a puff pastry, and finally make a 1/2 cm thick sheet.
• Cut the shett into 7x7cm squares. Split the corners of easch square. 
• Place a bit of plum jam in the middle of each square. Fold over every other split end onto the center to form a windmill-like pastry.
• Brush with beaten egg and bake at 250C (450F) until light brown.

ps. quite often we Finns use a ready-made dough for these pastries!

Does anyone know a gluten-free option???