Sugar Almond Cookies

Ingredients:
60 gm (1/4 cup) butter
60 gm (1/3 cup) icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
90 gm (2/3 cup) plain flour
1 tbsp finely chopped blanched almonds

To finish: icing sugar

Method:

1. in medium bowl - cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
2. add egg yolk and vanilla, mix in flour slowly.
3. mix in almonds into batter and blend thoroughly. form into a ball and chill for 1/2 to 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 180 deg. grease a baking sheet.
5. Roll pastry thinly between sheets of greaseproof paper. Cut dough using cookie cutter and place cookie on prepared baking sheet.
6. bake for 10 -1 5 mins or until light golden brown. Cool before storing in a container. Can keep up to 10 days.

Happy Cookie making with your kids. My daugher's favourite! :)