Sugar Cookies
"Great for icing and cutting shapes out of, I can get a lot out of this recipe. Great for cake stands and tea parties."
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
15-40
ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 250 g butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
directions
- Bring your butter to room temperature first (softened but not melted).
- Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time beating well. Add vanilla essence and mix through. Add dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Separate into 3 equal parts, wrap in glad wrap (plastic food wrap) and refrigerat for at least 3 hours (best over night), can be left in fridge for up to 3 days, and can be frozen like this for up to a month.
- After it has been chilled, pre heat oven to 180c knead to soften slightly and roll out on a floured board. Cut into desired shapes and bake until just starting to turn colour (for a soft cookie) or until golden (for a crunchy cookie).
- These are so easy --
- Then ice any which way you want.
- Can be stored in an air tight container for up to a week.
- You can also add different flavouring instead of the vanilla eg lemon juice and zest, almond extract, cinnamon, etc etc.
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