Blogmas: Day 8!

So tonight I baked some Christmas cookies for a bit of fun and something for the family to all do together. Thought I would share with you guys how easy and simple it to do and cheap also!

You will need:

• 250g butter, softened
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g plain flour
• stuff to decorate the cookies

First grab a large mixing bowl and a wooden spoon - then mix together the butter and sugar until it looks a little something like this.

Then add the egg yolk and vanilla extract

Stir all this in until it is mixed in well. Also while doing this make sure the oven is preheated to about 170C.

Then you slowly sieve the flour into the mixture and this is where you can get your hands a little messy too, making sure its all blended in nicely.

Then make sure you have a nice clean surface to roll out the dough, using a rolling pin or whatever you desire roll it out.. use plenty of flour if you need to because mine was still quite sticky.

Then cut out the shapes and place them on some greaseproof paper on a baking tray.

 

Think the batch I made was big enough for about 3 trays full of biscuits, and shove them in the oven. It suggests that you put them in for 15 minutes but the most important bit is to keep an eye on them because mine were done in about 11.

 Wait for them to cool - and now for the fun bit.. 

Now I am no baker, and I just did this for a few giggles tonight with my family - so the decorating may not be amazing but its more about the fun. 

And there you have a really fun and cheap way to have a good night in with your family being all festive.