Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

          250g unsalted butter (I used Lurpak unsalted butter)

          125g icing sugar

          1 egg

350g plain flour

Directions:

1.    Cut the butter into small pieces and knead well using a mixer or by hand.

2.    Roll the dough into an oblong sausage, wrap the dough sausage in baking paper and keep in refrigerator for 2 hours.

3.    Cut the dough into thin 5mm slices, placing each slice on a baking sheet with baking paper.

4.    Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 200°C for 6-8 minutes until golden but not brown.

5.    Cool the cookies on a cooling rack and store them in a sealed cookie jar.