Cookie Recipes - Peregrine Cookies Recipe

 
 

Butter Cookie Recipes - Peregrine Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups/225 g all purpose/plain flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

  • 1/4 cup/50 g granulated sugar

  • 1/4 cup/50 g superfine/caster sugar, to dust


Method:

  1. Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

  2. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a smooth dough. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  3. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C/gas 2. Butter a cookie sheet. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/4-inch (5-mm).

  4. Use a 3-inch (8-cm) fluted cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.

  5. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

  6. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the prepared cookie sheet, placing them 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.

  7. Bake for 25-35 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool and dust with the superfine sugar.