Vanilla Biscuits

Preheat the oven & line the baking tray

• Line a tray with baking parchment.
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Make the dough

• Place the butter and caster sugar into a mixing bowl and beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
• Crack the egg into a small bowl and beat with a fork, add the vanilla extract and mix again.
• Sift the plain flour over the butter and caster sugar using the sieve and add the egg bit by bit, you may not need all of it.
• Mix thoroughly until a firm dough is formed – you may need to gradually add some more egg.
• Using your hands, bring the mixture together in the bowl to form a ball of dough.

Roll out the biscuits

• Sprinkle over a little extra plain flour over the worktop then place the dough in the centre and press lightly into a smooth disc shape.
• Using a rolling pin, roll out to about ½ cm thickness, turning the dough from time to time to make sure it doesn’t stick.
• Carefully cut out biscuit shapes using the cutter and place onto the lined tray.
• Sprinkle a little caster sugar over the biscuits.

Bake the biscuits

• Bake for 8-10 mins until golden brown around the edges.
• Cool on the tray until firm and crisp. Eat and enjoy!