Name: Nonna’s biscuits
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Makes 18
Ingredients: 100 g unsalted butter, at room temperature; ⅓ cup caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg; 2 tbsp (intl) milk; 1½ cups plain flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; Icing sugar mixture, to dust

These bickies will take you back to childhood; warm, buttery and vanilla – just how grandma made them!

Ingredients

100 g unsalted butter,  at room temperature

⅓ cup caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

2 tbsp (intl) milk

1½ cups plain flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

Icing sugar mixture, to dust

Method

1.Grease and line two oven trays with baking paper.

2.Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a small bowl of  an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until combined. Add milk and combined sifted flour, powder and soda. Beat on a low speed until just combined.

3.Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Using your hands, bring mixture together into a ball. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper until 1cm thick.

4.Using a 5½cm round  cutter dipped in flour, cut  out 18 shapes from dough, re-rolling dough scraps once. Place rounds about 2cm apart on prepared trays.

5.Cook in a moderately  slow oven (160C) for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden. Cool on trays.

6.Serve biscuits dusted with sifted icing sugar.

Alison Pickel