The easiest cookies ever!
1 May 2012 in Baking, Easy to prepare
Last week I attended a local cooking school called Cookalooks for a fun cooking lesson with my friend Karen. Together with 14 other ladies we enjoyed the hands-on morning where we covered koeksisters, cherry tomato and basil tartlets, cupcakes with ganache icing and Dutch butter cookies.
Some time ago I shared the recipe for my all time favourite beat & bake cake, where you chuck all the ingredients in together and mix, this recipe is in the same mode, it just doesn’t get easier than this Belinda!!
Delicious, crisp biscuits, don’t be tempted to use anything other than butter. I made over 30 cookies, but it depends on how fat you roll the dough and how thick you cut it.
Dutch butter cookies
200g cake flour
150g softened butter
125g sugar
5ml vanilla essence
pinch of salt
some extra brown or white sugar for sprinkling
Heat your oven to 180C and grease a baking tray.
Using a mixer or a food processor blend all the ingredients together (except the extra sugar) until it forms a dough that looks like this….
Dust your worktop with a little flour and form the dough into a log, wrap in cling and place in your fridge for 30 minutes.
Remove from fridge and slice into rounds like the photo below….
Place on your greased tray, sprinkle with the extra sugar and bake until just going a little brown at the edges, keep an eye on them, it should take about 15 minutes.
Allow to cool and crisp up.
If you live in the Pietermaritzburg area and want to contact Cookalooks, phone Catherine on 033 3452434 or have a look at their web page here.
cookalooks said on 1 May 2012
Thanks for the reference to my business and the link to my web page…really appreciate it.
Love the cookie pics …this recipe is a real winner!
Sous Chef said on 1 May 2012
It’s a pleasure, and your recipe is really good. Couldn’t make my mind up on which pic to put up, so I did both!
Colonialist said on 1 May 2012
A good one to order when one is going Dutch?
Looks like something I’d love, but I dare not suggest any recipes to the ladies of the house at present – with parties and guests galore they are utterly baked out!
Sous Chef said on 1 May 2012
Ello Col, best you copy and save for a less stressful time then, cos they are very good. The ladies will appreciate the speed at which they can be made.
Celia said on 2 May 2012
Easiest cookies, and definitely one of the best! Such a versatile dough too!
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
What other things have you done with it Celia?
Celia said on 3 May 2012
Sue, I’ve used a dough like this as a mini tart crust, and also topped it with berries and cream to make strawberry shortcakes.
Sous Chef said on 4 May 2012
Great ideas, thank you.
rumtumtigger said on 2 May 2012
I love those recipes that you can just chuck together and beat into submission. It would make great gifts too drizzled with chocolate…
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
That’s a good idea!
Debbie said on 2 May 2012
Cookies look divine,will give them a try
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
They are very good Debbie, let me know what you think.
adinparadise said on 2 May 2012
They look scrumptious, SC. Looks like your cookery class bore fruit, or rather cookies.
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
They are yummy and such breeze to make.
Healthy Vegetarian Foods By Usha Singh said on 2 May 2012
These cookies look divine Sue, i am most certainly going to try them out this week. Thanks for sharing
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
Hi Usha, nice to put a face to the words!
Let me know what you think of the biscuits,
Mandy - The Complete Cook Book said on 2 May 2012
What a fun morning out and awesome cookies!
Mandy
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
Catherine, the lady who runs the school was testing the waters to see if there was a market for morning classes, clearly there is.
mitzireddy said on 2 May 2012
I luv the pics,Sue, and what a fun way of spending a morning – those cookies look scrumptious.
Sous Chef said on 2 May 2012
Thanks Mitzi, the morning was very enjoyable and I intend to attend some more classes in the future. Next time I will remember to charge the battery in my camera though!
ninatimm said on 4 May 2012
Wouldn’t it be grand if we could chat around a cuppa tea and a plateful of these delicious cookies!!
Sous Chef said on 4 May 2012
It certainly would be great, hopefully we can have a natter at the Indaba in June, looking forward to seeing you.