In an age where we buy everything from hot chickens to frozen yoghurt at the supermarket, it can be refreshing to explore the home baking aisle & go home ready to make your own cookies.
Take a stand against profit-driven global expansion: Bake your own biscuits.. . mark them with our HOME MADE Cookie Stamper.. . shout ' Power To The People!'
Try our recommended recipe!
Ingredients:
250g butter
140g caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powdert
300g plain flour
1 egg yolk
2tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 190C (gas mark 5)
Sift together plain flour, baking powder, sugar & salt.
Mix in butter & blend until mixture is crumbly. Stir in egg yolk & vanilla essence. Blend well. Chill dough for one hour for better cookies.
Regularly sprinkle work surface & stamp with flour.
Separate dough into golf ball sized chunks. Slightly flatten the balls & stamp.
Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 6
- 8 minutes, or until lightly brown.
Remove from oven & leave for a couple of minutes to harden, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
Enjoy your ' Home made' cookies :)