Christmas Biscuits

Ingredients:

8oz softened butter
5oz caster sugar
1 egg yolk
2tsp flavouring (here I've used vanilla)
10oz plain flour

• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy looking.
• Beat the egg yolk and vanilla together, before mixing into the butter and sugar.
• Sift in the flour, and mix until just combined.
• Wrap in cling film, and refrigerate for at least half an hour.
• Roll out the dough on a well floured surface and cut out shapes.
• Bake on lined trays at 180oC for 10-15minutes until golden brown.
• Leave to firm on the trays for 5 minutes, before transferring to cooling racks

When cooled they can be decorated with icing and Christmas coloured sprinkles!

 

These can be made in various flavours, such as orange or lemon, with flavoured icing.

And if you fancy chocolate chip cookies, add chips at stage three as you're mixing the flour in.