Simple Butter Cookies

Submitted by Noo8820

"So simple to make and so yummy. The dough will quite happily sit in the fridge for a week, so you can bake off as much as you want when you want."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 25-30 cookies

ingredients

• 6 ounces unsalted butter (diced at room temp)
• 3 1⁄2 ounces caster sugar
• 9 ounces plain flour
• demerara sugar, for coating

directions

1. Put butter and sugar together in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour and using your hands, gradually work it until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Roll into a sausage shape about 30cm long. Pat the sides to form either a square or a triangular log.
2. Sprinkle a thick layer of demerara sugar on a piece of baking parchment. Press each side of the dough into the sugar to coat it.
3. Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes until firm.
4. When ready to bake, preheat oven to Gas 3. Remove dough from cling film and cut into thick slices. Place slightly apart on a non-stick baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, until they are just starting to brown.

Reviews

[DrGaellon]

For the Americans: 6 oz butter = 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks), 3.5 oz caster sugar = ½ cup white sugar, 9 oz plain flour = 2 cup all-purpose flour, and Gas Mark 3 = 325°F (160°C).

 

[Dreamer in Ontario]

These are wonderful little cookies. I love how quick and easy they are. I also love that the measurements are by weight rather than volume. I used red coloured sugar crystals to press into the dough to give them a Christmas look. Made for Please Review My Recipe Tag.

 

[hedi777]

Turned out great!

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

A very nice shortbread cookie. I made mine into squares although I think my 'sausage' must have been longer than 30cm bc I ended up with nearly 40 little cookies - they still took 20 minutes to bake even though they were smaller than recommended.

 

[CookingONTheSide]

These are delicious and easy! Loved them. Made for Gimme 5 tag.