Easy Christmas Cookies

INGREDIENTS
125g butter, softened {online measurement converter}
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 egg
2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

METHOD:

• Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy (use an electric beater to make it really quick). 
• Add the egg and beat well. 
• Sift flour and baking powder together and mix into creamed mixture.
• Use your hands to combine and knead into a ball of dough. You may need to add extra flour if the mixture is too sticky.

• Break into smaller pieces and roll out; cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place on an oven tray lined with baking paper. (This is the part the kids love to do)
• Keep rolling the dough and cutting until there is no mixture left. (Or keep half the mixture back, wrap in plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for another day)

• Bake at 190°C for 12 minutes or until pale golden.

Allow to cool and then ice with red or white icing and decorate with silver cachous (our christmas elf chose "red", but I prefer simple white, myself).
Share the cookies with the people you love. Merry Christmas!
♥