Eggless Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 125 gram/1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
• 1/4 cup/60ml castor sugar
• 1&1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1&1/2 cup cake wheat/all purpose flour
• chocolate or royal icing for decorating

Instructions

1. 1

   Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy

2. 2

   Add the vanilla essence and mix. Slowly add the flour, little bits at a time. Mix until a soft dough is formed. Add more or less flour as required. You should have a soft, pliable dough

3. 3

   Wrap the cookie dough in clingwrap and refrigerate for 1 hour

4. 4

   Roll out the cookie dough and cut into shapes. Refrigerate for another 15 minutes

5. 5

   Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Bake cookies for 20-25 minutes until slightly brown along the edges

6. 6

   Cool the cookies completely on a cooling rack before decorating