By Tharidu Dar

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**How To Make Easter Cookies**

 

You will need	Units:                     Metric                     US Imperial                     UK Imperial
90 g Butter , Room temperature 100 g Billington's Golden Caster Sugar 1 Egg ½ tsp Vanillia Extract 200 g Plain Flour ½ tsp Baking Powder ½ tsp Salt 1 Sieve 1 Large Bowl 1 Cookie Cutters	Serves: 9 Preparation Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Cooking Time: 8 minutes Oven Temperature: 150° c  -  300° f

1. Step 1: Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside

2. Step 2: In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until pale

3. Step 3: Beat in the egg and vanilla extract

4. Step 4: Add the flour to the butter mix and mix until the dough is formed

5. Step 5: Wrap the cookie dough in cling and chill for at least one hour

6. Step 6: Preheat the oven to 170 C/fan 150 C

7. Step 7: Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 0.5cm

8. Step 8: Cut out the cookies and transfer to baking sheets

9. Step 9: Roll up the trimmings and repeat stages above to make more cookies

10. Step 10: Bake for 8 – 12 minutes until golden

11. Step 11: Remove and transfer to a cooling wire and leave until completely cool before decorating