Easy No-Spread Vanilla Butter Cookies for Cutters & Kids

• Put flour, sugar and salt in a food processor (or bowl if you don’t have one)
• Give a quick whizz to mix these
• Add butter and vanilla extract
• Pulse until you have a breadcrumb mixture (or rub together with your hands if using a bowl)
• Keep mixing until it comes together to form a ball (add a splash of water to help this if necessary)
• Wrap in clingflim or plastic bag and chill for 30 mins or until needed
• Roll dough out to 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick using a rolling pin on a floured surface
• Stamp out shapes with cutters and place on a greased baking tray or baking paper
• Bake at 180C (Gas 4) for 15 - 20 mins depending on thickness, until just starting to go golden and firm.
• Cool on a wire rack for as long as you can resist eating them, lovely when eaten still warm!

Tips: 1 - Flavours - Add any flavours you like to these cookies eg Chocolate pieces, Sultanas, Lemon rind/juice, lumps of crushed sweets eg Crunchie bars etc Be experimental! 2 - If you don’t have cutters just form balls with your hands and squash onto the baking tray with a fork. 3 - You can make these into hanging decorations eg for Xmas tree by putting a hole through them with a straw before baking then hanging with ribbon / string 4 - You could also decorate using icing / sweets / sprinkles etc