It has been a while since we baked. In fact, it has been 6 months, since our return from Paris. So when I suggested doing some baking for his little friends who are coming over for BBQ, Malcolm got really excited.
‘It’s going to be fun !’ was his exact words
His excitement lasted long enough to get his hands dirtied and his shirt soiled. His extra pair of hands came in handy when I needed someone to help sieve the flour while I stir the mix.
We made christmas cookies using this old butter cookie recipe we love.
With a new baby, things get a little bit tricky. Instead of 3 hours, we took 3 days to do our bake.
We mix and knead the dough on day 1, cut and bake the cookie on day 2 and decorate them on day 3. Pack them in clear cellophane bags, tie them with gold ribbons and we yield a basket full of yummy bake. The kids love them !
Here’s the recipe we used. Hope it’s not too late for your christmas bake.
Ingredients
170 g butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp of milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
Method
1. Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl
2. Mix in vanilla essence, milk and egg
3. Mix in baking powder
4. Stir in flour one cup at a time
5. Knead into a dough, separate into 2 balls and chill in fridge for at least 1 hour
6. Leave the dough 15 minutes in room temperature before rolling
7. Roll and cut cookie
8. Bake for about 10 minutes at 200 deg celsius
For Icing
1/4 cup of powder sugar
1/2 tsp milk
Mix to get desired consistency
yum yum cookies!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and family!!!
Yummy!!!
Seriously Delicious looking!
Well Done Malcolm!
Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family!
Merry Christmas
Btw…Wat do we do with the icing??
Rachel : Merry christmas to u too ! the icing is for sticking the decoration on. In my case, I used M&M chocolates and sugar balls for decorations
Hi Rachel,
wishing you & your beautiful family a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a wonderful year ahead!
Merry X’mas!
These cookies r so lovely n thx for sharing the recipe!
Dear Rachel,
Merry Xmas to you and family too
Beautiful cookies you guys have made
wish I have the time to bake more with Will too!
The gingerbread man cookies look so yummy… they have reignited my interest in baking after many failed attempts… hope to try out one of these days
Thanks for sharing your recipe Rachel. The cookies look delicious
Here also wishing you a Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Hi Rachel, just tried your recipe – the cookies turned out excellent! Its my first attempt at baking cookies so yep, you’ve got me hooked on followin more of your recipes! Thank you
hey byihui,
now u reminded me that I should be baking ! glad that u and your family enjoyed the cookies!