Name: Vanilla Christmas cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 50g butter, melted; 2 Tbsp golden syrup; 100 light brown sugar; 1 egg; 150g flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste

Vanilla Christmas cookies

9 Dec 2015

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Background

These vanilla Christmas cookies not only look and smell gorgeous on the tree but, nicely boxed and wrapped, can be a lovely gift for friends and family. Also it's a perfect baking activity for kids as it's really easy to make them - then let them be creative with the decoration!

Ingredients

50g butter, melted
2 Tbsp golden syrup
100 light brown sugar
1 egg
150g flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract or paste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Mix the egg with the syrup, sugar and butter. Add the vanilla.
In another bowl sift the flour and baking soda together.
Combine the two mixture into a firm dough.
Shape the dough into a ball and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes, then roll it out to 5mm thickness on a lightly floured surface.
Using Christmassy cookie cutters stamp out shapes. If you want to hang them, cut out a small hole in the top of each cookie (using a skewer or straw).
Reroll the leftover dough and cut out more shapes.
Put the cookies on a non-stick or lined baking tray and bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden.
Transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar, or decorate with icing, food coloring, chocolate/fondant pen, edible glitter & balls and so on.
Thread with a piece of ribbon or string when dry.