I hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family. Today is the last day of 2010...time really is going by so quickly. The year ahead is going to be a busy and fun year. I have many expectations of great moments that lie ahead.
After all the sweetness of Christmas, I thought I would share a cookie recipe that isn't so sweet, and yet is still so delicious. When I grew up in South Africa one of my favourite cookies was "Eat-sum-more"...They are a shortbread cookie that just melts in your mouth. One day I will master those cookies, but this recipe will do more than well in the meantime.
They make a perfect present to give away when dining over at a friend's place. What I like about this recipe is that you can either roll out the dough and make cute little cookies in different shapes, or else you can just press the dough out onto some wax paper, poke some holes in with a fork and sprinkle with a little bit of sugar before baking. If you do it the easy way around, remember to cut it into slices as soon as it has come out the oven.
The other great thing with this recipe is that if you want a little more flavour or variety, you can dip the edges in dark or white chocolate...or both. YUMMY!
This recipe makes about 25 cookies.
5 dl (2 cups) flour
¼ tsp salt
250 g butter, room temperature
1 ¼ dl (1/2 cup) icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence/vanilla sugar
1. Beat the butter until smooth, for about 1 minute with an electric whisp.
2. Add the sugar and the vanilla and beat for a few more minutes.
3. Gently stir in the flour until just mixed.
4. Flatten the dough and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for about 1 hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
6. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough until just under 1 cm thick. Cut out in different shapes using cookie cutters.
7. Place cookies on some waxpaper and bake for about 10 minutes, until they are light brown.
8. Cool and then dip the edges in melted chocolate.
Happy New year!
Love,
Heidi
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