Recipe: Butter Cookies

This is an all purpose, easy to make butter cookie. These can be frozen at the log stage and pulled out to cook on demand.

Use this recipe as a base and add whatever you like to it. Chocolate chips, dried fruit, and flavourings can be added for a variety of results.

Try Almond Essence and Cherries, or Cranberries and Orange rind, or white and dark chocolate chips.

METHOD

1. In a kitchen stand mixer, beat butter and sugar till light and creamy.
2. Add flour 1 cup at a time beating between additions.
3. Add vanilla and sweetened condensed milk and mix to combine.
4. Roll dough into 6 large logs. 
5. Refrigerate logs until firm.
6. Cut logs into cookies (each log will make approximately 12 cookies).
7. Preheat oven using Fan Forced function to 160C and bake for 14 minutes.
8. (Unused logs can be frozen and take approximately an hour to defrost).