All the cookies!

I was thinking of something to do with my nephews and niece, and I got it into my head to make cookies... lots and lots of cookies... I figured I can make some icing up with some food colouring and they could decorate their own.

They loved it! There were even sprinkles available! I used the silicon cupcake moulds to put the icing in, and they each chose which colours they wanted.

Ingredients (makes about 30 cookies)

• 250g butter, softened
• 140g caster sugar
• 300g plain flour
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 180c
2. Mix the butter and sugar in a large bowl
3. Add egg yolk and vanilla
4. Beat to combine
5. Sift over the flour and stir well to combine
6. Bake for approx 15 minutes

Variations

• To make them chocolatey, simply substitute 50g of flour for 50g cocoa powder
• Substitute vanilla essence for lemon essence to make lemon cookies
• Add 50g chocolate chips, or chopped nuts, or dried mixed fruit, or whatever else you think might be nice