Women Cookie Recipes

Makes about 20

INGREDIENTS
250g butter, at room temperature
80g (1/2 cup) icing sugar mixture
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
265g (1 3/4 cups) plain flour (White Wings brand)
50g (1/3 cup) cornflour Icing sugar, to dust

FILLING
60g butter, at room temperature
80g (1/2 cup) icing sugar mixture
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.

2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, icing sugar mixture and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl until pale and creamy. Sift together the flour and cornflour. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and use a wooden spoon, then your hands, to bring the two together.

3. Use lightly floured hands to roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls and place on the lined trays about 5cm apart. Use a lightly floured fork to flatten each ball to about 1cm thick. Bake in the preheated oven, swapping trays halfway through cooking, for 15 minutes, or m until cooked through. Cool on baking trays.

4. To make the filling, use an electric beater to beat the butter, icing sugar mixture and lemon rind in a mixing bowl until well combined. Sandwich the biscuits together with the filling, then lightly dust with icing sugar.