Sugar Cookies / Butter Cookies |
- 170g butter
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190°C.
- Prepare a few cookie sheets.
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in salt and vanilla extract and mix evenly.
- Use a spatula to mix in the beaten egg.
- Put all flour in and make a firm dough.
- Chill dough in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake cookies on cookie sheets for 12 to 15 minutes, or until cookies turn light brown.
- Remove cookies from oven and place on cooling rack.
Notes
- Replace vanilla extract with other flavors to make different type of cookies.
- Add smarties or other decorations if desired before baking, or decorate cookies after baking with icing.
References
Cookies turn out to be really fragrance due to butter, pretty neat recipe to make xmas cookies.
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