Vanilla Sable Cookie Recipe

INGREDIENTS
125g Icing Sugar
½ Tsp Vanilla Essence
1 Medium Egg Yolk
250g Salted Butter, diced
375g Plain Flour, sifted

METHOD
Put the Icing Sugar, butter, egg yolk and Vanilla Essence in a bowl and mix together quickly with a wooden spoon.
Add the sifted Flour and working as fast as possible, stir to make a firm dough.
When it is all mixed form into a ball or slab and wrap. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour (time to clear up, have a coffee and put the oven on).

This dough can be kept for up to a week in a fridge, ready to use and can be frozen.

Roll out on to a well floured surface to a depth of no less than 4mm. Cut out with your Cookie Cutter. Place on a lightly greased baking tray apart.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C (400F) gas 6 for around 13 minutes until golden.
Leave to cool on a cooling rack and decorate as desired.