These are excellent and adaptable to many different flavours.
The dough will keep for a month in the freezer or a week in the fridge.
Refrigerator Cookies180g butter (needs to be butter, not Dairy Soft or margarine)
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 1/4 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Have ready two large pieces baking paper.
Cut butter into cubes if it's straight out of the fridge.
Blend butter, vanilla and sugar on speed 6 until creamy. Add egg and continue blending for about 10 seconds.
Sift flour and baking powder together and add to
. Use
setting to blend the dough.
Turn out onto one sheet of paper and cut in half. (dough is very soft)
Roll one portion into a sausage shape around 30cm long and roll in the baking paper, twisting ends to seal.
Repeat with other half of dough. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes or until you need it.
When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C and prepare two biscuit trays with baking paper.
Cut the logs into slices about 75mm thick. Place on baking trays with about 2cm between. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes.
VARIATIONSGingernutsAdd 3 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp mixed spice to the flour mixture:
GingernutsFruit SpiralsAdd 1 tsp mixed spice and 1/2 tsp ginger to the flour mixture. Roll each dough portion into a rectangle and spread with fruit mince. Roll up swiss roll style in the baking paper
MacadamiaToast 1/2 cup macadamia nuts and chop in TMX. Add 1/2 cup coconut and the nuts to the dough and blend gently on
Enjoy!!
I haven't tried chocolate, but I would probably replace 1/4 cup of flour with 1/4 cup cocoa. You can also add choc chips. I would use the tiny ones and press them into the cut biscuit before baking.
members' commentsDenzelmum - I used this as crumble for apple and blueberry crumble. Turn out very very nice.... Got some recipe request too for this.
