Vanilla Sugar Cookie Recipe

By Bikkie Smalls

Ingredients

- 100 grams softened butter 
- 110 grams caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 240 grams plain flour
- 20 grams corn flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)

Directions

Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed for around a minute. It should look fluffy and become lighter in colour. 

Add in the egg and the vanilla extract. Mix until combined.

Add the plain flour, corn flour and salt. Mix on a low speed until just combined and your dough has started forming. 

Form the dough into a ball. Place into a plastic zip-lock bag or onto some cling wrap. Flatten the ball to a disc that is around 2cm thick and place into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Unwrap your chilled dough and place on a lightly floured surface for rolling. Roll dough to desired thickness (I usually roll my dough to 6mm thickness) and use a cookie cutter or knife to cut your desired shapes.

Preheat fan-forced oven to 160C (320F). Place cut shapes in the freezer for 15 minutes. Try not to move your shapes until they have been frozen as you may distort the cut shapes.

Remove dough from freezer and place onto baking tray. Space them to allow at least 2cm between each cookie.

Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and leave cookies on the tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

 

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