Thursday, 20 December 2012

butter cookies

                                      butter cookies

butter 8 oz

sugar 6 oz

flour 2 1/4 cups

vanilla essence 1 tsp

pinch of salt

1 egg yolk

beat the butter and sugar along with the salt and vanilla essence until smooth and creamy, then add the egg yolk and scrape the mixture from the sides and beat till well combined. now sieve in the flour and work the mixture into a dough. need the dough well for afew minutes. now on a floured surface roll the dough into a log and wrap in cling film and refridgerate for atleast 2 hours.

slice cookies and place onto a baking tray leaving atleast 1 to 11/2 inch between each cookie.

preheat oven to 220 C and bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes till jsut golden brown on the edges. cool on a wire rack. bake with caution this buttery cookies are heavenly

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