This recipe for butter biscuits is quick and easy to make. They can be served plain or decorated with royal icing.
125 g butter, room temperature
125 ml castor sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
5 ml vanilla essence
500 ml cake flour
60 ml corn flour (Maizena)
5 ml baking powder
1 ml salt
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 ºC and line a baking tray with a Wizbake sheet.
- Cream the butter and castor sugar in a food processor until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla essence and pulse for a few seconds.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and process until it comes together in a ball.
- Remove the dough from the processor and knead it by hand on the Wizbake sheet.
- Place a 2nd Wizbake sheet on top of the dough and roll the dough to a thickness of about 5 mm with rolling pin.
- Remove the top Wizbake sheet and cut shapes out of the dough with cookie cutters of your choice.
- Remove the excess dough and bake the biscuits for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Continue re-roll the leftover dough in the same manner until all the dough has been used up.
- Serve as is or decorate the biscuits with royal icing.
