Basic Vanilla Biscuits

Ingredients

• 200 g unsalted butter
• 200 g caster sugar
• 1 medium egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 400 g plain flour / all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar together.

2. 2

   Mix in the egg and vanilla (with the optional and ginger).

3. 3

   Sieve in the flour and combine into a a dough. Once the dough has pulled together wrap it in cling film and pop it in for 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Roll out the dough to just shy of a 1cm thickness.

5. 5

   Cut out the shapes you want and pop the pieces on a greaseproof paper lined baking tray.

6. 6

   Pop the dough back into the fridge for 30 minutes.

7. 7

   Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/160 degrees fan oven.

8. 8

   Pop the biscuits in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the dough is firm to the touch and just starting to go light brown.

9. 9

   You don’t want them going golden brown or they will dry too hard. You can see how pale the finished biscuits are above.

10. 10

    Leave to cool on a cooling rack and once cold store in an air tight container.