Decorated Sugar Cookies Recipe

I have been busy making some yummy sugar cookies and decorated them in my own designs.  Here is my recipe for these delicious cookies.

Recipe: 

• 90 grams of butter
• 100g sugar
• 1 Large egg
• Half teaspoon vanilla extract
• Half teaspoon baking powder
• Half teaspoon salt
• 200g plain flour
• 150g icing sugar
• Food colouring

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 180C
Step 2: Cream the butter and sugar and then add the egg and vanilla essence
Step 3: In a separate bowl add the baking powder, flour and salt.
Step 4: Add your mixed dry ingredients into the butter mix and mix until forming a dough.
Step 5: Make the dough into a ball and cover and leave in the fridge for about an hour.
Step 6: Remove from fridge and place dough out onto floured table and roll out until about half a centimetre.
Step 7: Cut out your shapes with the cookie cutters and place onto a baking tray.
Step 8: Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until slightly golden.
Step 9: Remove from oven and place onto a cooling rack.
Step 10: Make the icing sugar following the instructions on the packet. Add the Food colouring to some to make different coloured icing. Then decorate your cookies.

CRAFTY GIRL