Chinese New Year Butter Cookies

For the coming Chinese New Year, I have decided to try to bake some butter cookies. I love butter cookies and have been searching for the recipes for a while. Finally found a recipe which I tried last week. First time baking cookies could be quite challenging. I was smart to divide the dough into few portions to try out. But the cookie tecture did not turn out as expected but it does not look bad. Actually, I was quite happy with the look (unlike cakes, if they do not turn out well, it will not look good as well). Anyway, my friends (who knows how to bake) have been telling me that it's very easy to make cookies compared to cake. But I guess I did not have the luck. Check out my lovely cookies.

Actually it requires some skills in baking. Every little step in the whole process counts and you have to follow the measurements of the ingredients correctly in order to get the best cookies. The temperature and timing of baking should be followed closely and also need to monitor during the baking time.


The recipe that I used to make butter cookies :-

1 Cup butter
1.5 Cup Icing Sugar
1 TspVanilla essence
1/4 tsp Sale
1 Egg
2 Cups of Flour
2 Tsp baking powder

Steps
1. Preheat oven at 200 C for 10-15 minutes.
2. Cream butter, sugar and salt.
3. Add Egg and vanilla
4. Combine flour and baking powder into a dough
5. You can shape the dough into small balls and press it on the baking sheet or roll them into a log and chill it before baking.
6. Bake in preheated oven
for about 10minutes. It's advisable to check the cookies 1 to 2 minutes before the actual time. Cookies are ready when the edges turn brown. Tips : Try a few pieces to get the temperature and timing right before baking the whole batch.