Butter Cookies - 25 Dec 2014

Merry Christmas!  These butter cookies were baked with my kids on Christmas Day.  Since it's Christmas,how can we miss out the Gingerbread Man? :)

Butter Cookies (Recipe Source : Tiffy Delicatessen)

Ingredients:

100g butter (unsalted)

75g caster sugar

1 egg yolk

180g cake flour 

20g corn flour

A pinch of salt

Method:

1. Sift cake flour and corn flour, salt together and set aside.

2. Line baking paper on baking tray.

3. With electric mixer, add in sugar to the butter in 2-3 additions and cream till mixture turn pale and fluffy.

4. Add in egg yolk and mix well.

5. Add sifted flour mixture in 2-3 addition and stir with a spatula to form soft dough

6. Place dough in cling wrap and put in fridge for 30mins.

7. Remove dough and roll out dough on slightly floured work surface and cut out the shape using cookie cutters and place on baking tray.

8. Bake the cookies at 170deg for 15mins.