Butter Cut-Out Biscuits
 
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Serves: 50-60
Ingredients
  • 400g plain flour
  • 175g soft unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt ( I use less than this)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 300g icing sugar and food colouring
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/ gas mark 4
  2. Cream the butter & sugar until pale and mousse like
  3. Beat in the eggs & vanilla
  4. In a separate bowl combine the flour,baking powder & salt
  5. Add dry ingredients to the butter & eggs, mix gently.
  6. If the mixture is too sticky then add more flour sparingly.
  7. Halve the dough,make into fat discs,wrap each half into clingfilm and rest in fridge for at least 1 hour.
  8. Remove one disc and place onto a floured surface.Roll out to a thickness of ½cm. Cut with the cookie cutters & place onto greased or lined baking sheet leaving a small space between each one.
  9. Bake the cookies for 8-12 minutes until light golden around the edges
  10. Cool on a rack
  11. For the icing mix hot water with the icing sugar, very slowly, mix to form a thick paste. Colour as desired
  12. Decorate the biscuits with the icing. I then used ready prepared writing icing to decorate the butterflies in more detail
Recipe by Cherished By Me at https://cherishedbyme.com/2010/03/butter-cut-out-biscuits/