Simple Butter Cookies
"So simple to make and so yummy. The dough will quite happily sit in the fridge for a week, so you can bake off as much as you want when you want."
photo by Dreamer in Ontario
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
25-30 cookies
ingredients
- 6 ounces unsalted butter (diced at room temp)
- 3 1⁄2 ounces caster sugar
- 9 ounces plain flour
- demerara sugar, for coating
directions
- Put butter and sugar together in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour and using your hands, gradually work it until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Roll into a sausage shape about 30cm long. Pat the sides to form either a square or a triangular log.
- Sprinkle a thick layer of demerara sugar on a piece of baking parchment. Press each side of the dough into the sugar to coat it.
- Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes until firm.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to Gas 3. Remove dough from cling film and cut into thick slices. Place slightly apart on a non-stick baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, until they are just starting to brown.
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Reviews
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For the Americans: 6 oz butter = 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks), 3.5 oz caster sugar = ½ cup white sugar, 9 oz plain flour = 2 cup all-purpose flour, and Gas Mark 3 = 325°F (160°C). -
These are wonderful little cookies. I love how quick and easy they are. I also love that the measurements are by weight rather than volume. I used red coloured sugar crystals to press into the dough to give them a Christmas look. Made for Please Review My Recipe Tag. -
Turned out great! -
A very nice shortbread cookie. I made mine into squares although I think my 'sausage' must have been longer than 30cm bc I ended up with nearly 40 little cookies - they still took 20 minutes to bake even though they were smaller than recommended.
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These are delicious and easy! Loved them. Made for Gimme 5 tag.
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