Easy biscuits

This simple recipe for a basic biscuit dough can be adapted to suit your tastes – experiment with different shapes and flavours, from lemon fingers to chocolate cookies

Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:5 mins
- Cook:15 mins
Easy
Makes about 30 cookies

Easily doubled
Easily halved
Freezable
Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving
Highlight	Nutrient	Unit
	kcal	118
	fat	7g
	saturates	4g
	carbs	13g
	sugars	5g
	fibre	0g
	protein	1g
low in	salt	0.13g

Ingredients

250g butter, softened
140g caster sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain flour

Method

STEP 1
Mix the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a wooden spoon, then add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and briefly beat to combine.
STEP 2
Sift over the flour and stir until the mixture is well combined – you might need to get your hands in at the end to give everything a really good mix and press the dough together.
STEP 3
For basic vanilla biscuits: Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Chill the dough for 20 – 30minutes, roll out and cut out shapes as above. Bake on a non-stick baking tray for 10-12 minutes until pale golden. Carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool and crisp up.