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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cookies 21g Recipe makes 25 cookies)
Calories 103
Calories from Fat 50		(48%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 5.6g	8%
	Saturated Fat 3.5g	17%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.4g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 14mg		4%
Sodium 0mg		0%
Potassium 13mg		0%
Total Carbohydrate 12.2g		4%
	Dietary Fiber 0.3g	1%
	Sugars 4.0g
Protein 1.2g		2%
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Simple Butter Cookies

Recipe #321751 | 35 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: Noo
Aug 27, 2008

So simple to make and so yummy. The dough will quite happily sit in the fridge for a week, so you can bake off as much as you want when you want.

25 -30 cookies (change servings and units)

Ingredients

6 ounces unsalted butter (diced at room temp)
3 1/2 ounces caster sugar
9 ounces plain flour
demerara sugar, for coating

Directions

1
Put butter and sugar together in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour and using your hands, gradually work it until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Roll into a sausage shape about 30cm long. Pat the sides to form either a square or a triangular log.
2
Sprinkle a thick layer of demerara sugar on a piece of baking parchment. Press each side of the dough into the sugar to coat it.
3
Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes until firm.
4
When ready to bake, preheat oven to Gas 3. Remove dough from cling film and cut into thick slices. Place slightly apart on a non-stick baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, until they are just starting to brown.

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From: hedi777

On Oct 2, 2009

Turned out great!

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From: Brooke the Cook in WI

On Apr 24, 2009

A very nice shortbread cookie. I made mine into squares although I think my 'sausage' must have been longer than 30cm bc I ended up with nearly 40 little cookies - they still took 20 minutes to bake even though they were smaller than recommended.

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From: DrGaellon

On Oct 21, 2008

For the Americans: 6 oz butter = 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks), 3.5 oz caster sugar = ½ cup white sugar, 9 oz plain flour = 2 cup all-purpose flour, and Gas Mark 3 = 325°F (160°C).

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From: Dreamer in Ontario

On Dec 13, 2008

These are wonderful little cookies. I love how quick and easy they are. I also love that the measurements are by weight rather than volume. I used red coloured sugar crystals to press into the dough to give them a Christmas look. Made for Please Review My Recipe Tag.

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