Easy Basic Cookie Recipe
These cookies are heavenly and so easy to make too
Servings: 45
Ingredients
- 250 gram butter
- 1/2 cup/125ml icing sugar
- 1/2 cup/125ml cornflour
- 2 tsp caramel essence
- 2&1/2 cups cake wheat/all purpose flour
Instructions
- Beat the butter and icing sugar until light and creamy
- Add the caramel essence and mix well. Mix in the cornflour. Add little bits of flour until a soft, pliable dough is formed. You may require more or less flour. Do not add all of the flour at once
- Roll out the dough, about 1/2cm thickness and cut into shapes
- Place on a parchment lined tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius and bake the cookies for 15 minutes or slightly brown on the edges
- Cool on a wire rack
- Decorate with chocolate or royal icing. If decorating with chocolate you will have to refrigerate it for a few minutes for the chocolate to set
Notes
- You can use whatever flavoring you desire, doesn't have to be caramel
- Do not add all of the flour at once, little at a time as in cooler weather the flour is dry and in hot weather the flour is more moist. This will affect the amount required
- I melted my chocolate and poured them into disposable piping bags, once they cooled a little. I then drizzled the chocolate in the middle of each cookie and shook it around a bit so it spreads. If there were uneven bits I used a toothpick to fix the flaws
- I then made lines with the white chocolate, also in a disposable piping bag with a tiny hole, on top of the milk chocolate. I then took a toothpick and ran it from top to bottom to achieve the look on these cookies. The piping bag with a little hole works best for decorating with chocolate. You can choose to do whatever design you wish
- Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to a week. If decorating with chocolate you will have to refrigerate them in warm weather
- This recipe can be halved and it works perfectly