Vanilla snap cookies

This is the perfect simple cooking dough.

Ingredients

125 g	Unsalted butter, softened
½ cup	Caster sugar
1	Egg
2 tsp	Vanilla extract
1 ½ cups	Plain flour, sifted (Main)
2 Tbsp	White sugar, for sprinkling

Directions

1. Place the butter and sugar in an electric mixer and beat for 8-10 minutes or until pale and creamy.
2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat for 2-3 minutes or until well combined.
3. Add the flour and beat until a smooth dough forms.
4. Roll the dough out between 2 sheets of non-stick baking paper to 4mm-thick and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
5. Preheat oven to 160C. Use Christmas or animal cookie cutters or to shape biscuits from the dough and place on lightly greased trays lined with non-stick baking paper.
6. Sprinkle with the sugar and bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
7. Cool on trays for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.