This is a standard vanilla cookies, I post this because my good friend Desy asked me too. Bahasa Indonesia klik di sini.

Ingredients:

125 g butter (room temperature)

125 g granulated sugar

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 egg (

250 g all purpose flour, mix with 1 teaspoon baking powder and a pinch of salt

For decorating: Powder sugar, lemon juice,food colors

Directions:

You need to prepare the dough about one hour before you bake because it need to cool in the fridge about one hour. Or you can prepare it the night before.

For the dough: With electrc mixer beat the butter first, then add sugar, vanilla extract and egg, beat until creamy. Change the attachment to the dough hook. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing on low speed until the dough comes together and is smooth. Form the dough into a ball and wrap it in a plastic wrap then put in the fridge for minimum one hour.

When you are ready to bake the cookies, first pre heat the oven to 200 C. Line the sheet trays with baking paper.

Take the dough out of the fridge, knead it a bit and roll it with a rolling pan on a lightly floured work surface, to a thickness you desire. I usually have them about 0,5 cm. Cut the cookies into your desired motives. Then move them with a spatula into the tray, don’t forget to put a space between the cookies. Bake them for about 5-6 minutes. Let them cool on the tray.

Decorating the cookies: mix the sugar  with the lemon juice and color. It depends how thick you want your sugar coat. I usually mix 3 teaspoon sugar with 1 teapoon water and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and a drop or two color.

Use a pencil to color the cookies, you can also put some other food decorations as you like it. Enjoy

Kue kering vanilla

Resep paling gampang dan tidak merepotkan buat Desi, seru loh hias kuenya sama anak, meriah
Adonan disiapkan sejam sebelumnya karena perlu didinginkan di kulkas, atau bisa juga dibiarkan semalam di kulkas.

Bahan:
125 gr butter (suhu ruangan,jangan langsung dari kulkas)
125 gr gula pasir
3 sdt pure vanilla extract, jangan pakai aroma vanilla. Kalau tidak punya diganti gula vanilla saja.
1 telur
250 gr tepung terigu, campur dengan 1 sdt baking powder dan sejumput garam

Untuk dekorasi: gula halus, air jeruk, pewarna makanan.

Cara membuat:
Pertama mixer butter dengan kecepatan sedang, kurangi kecepatannya kemudian tambahkan gula, vanilla dan telor. tambahkan kecepatan mixer, kocok sampai halus. Ganti kepala mixer dengan mixer untuk adonan berat. Mulai dengan kecepatan rendah tambahkan tepung pelan-pelan ke adonan butter. Kocok sampai adonan tidak lengket di wadah. Bentuk bulat kemudian bungkus dengan plastik. Simpan di kulkas minimal 1 jam.

Begitu siap memanggang, panasakan oven 200 C. Lapisi nampan untuk memanggang dengan kertas roti.

Ambil adonan dari kulkas, giling di atas permukaan yg sudah ditaburi dengan tepung. Tebal kue tergantung selera, saya biasanya sekitar 0,5 cm. Potong adonan dengan cetakan kue kering. Panggang selama 5-6 menit.
Angkat dan biarkan kue dingin di nampan.

Untuk dekorasi: campur gula dengan air jeruk dan pewarna makanan. Cair atau kentalnya lapisan gula terserah selera anda. Saya biasanya 3 sdt gula dan 1 sdt air dan 1/2 sdt air jeruk dan setetes pewarna makanan. Gunakan kuas untuk menghias kue. Selamat menikmati.