Sugar-dusted vanilla thins

Sugar-dusted vanilla thins

Great for keeping the biscuit tin topped up over Christmas, these sweet thins make a perfect treat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 35 biscuits

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Plus chilling time
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

(freeze as raw dough or baked and undusted)

Method

  1. With your hands, roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a sausage shape about 25cm/9in long and 5cm/2½in in diameter. Wrap the roll and chill for at least 1 hour. (The roll can be frozen for up to 6 weeks. To use, remove from the freezer and allow to thaw for one hour at room temperature so that the dough is soft enough to be sliced into biscuits.)
  2. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C and lightly grease 2 large baking sheets. Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into slices, each a generous 5mm/¼in thick, then arrange them on the greased baking sheets, spacing the biscuits slightly apart so they have a bit of room to spread as they cook.
  3. Bake for 20 minutes until the biscuits are just turning pale golden around the edges, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Dust generously with icing sugar. The biscuits will keep fresh for up to one week stored in an airtight tin.

Per biscuit

94 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 0g, sugar 4g, salt 0.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002.

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  • 06 March 2011

    Mini-Chef rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really yummy!!! the biscuit is really buttery.

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  • 20 July 2011

    young_chef101 commented on this recipe

    it might just be my dodgy oven, but I only cook these for 12 - 15 minutes and they come out perfect! :)

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  • 26 August 2011

    nathalie_09 commented on this recipe

    These were very nice, a lot of fun to make. All I would suggest is to turn the temperature down 10C and use parchment paper. The first batch I made were over done and stuck to the baking sheet.

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  • 16 September 2011

    chimpgirl rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    nice easy recipie, with tasty results. Might try with chocolate chips next time.

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  • 28 October 2011

    Jessica.S:) commented on this recipe

    If you can't find de ingredients, u have to use da vanilla shortbread dough. Jessicaxx

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  • 24 November 2011

    babesy commented on this recipe

    this recipe sounds reeeel good with excellent reviews. MUST TRY!!!!!!! made biscuits only once before (cookies). Not 100% successful so can't wait to try these. Will let you know the result.! Happy baking everone!

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  • 16 July 2012

    JustMe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Quick, easy recipe, resulting in nice biscuits. Fool proof!

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  • 18 November 2012

    Ilovefood123 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved these. Very quick and easy to make. I made a batch in advance and froze the dough and they came out brilliantly. Served this at a family gathering, and dipped half the cookies with chocolate and decorated the other half with icing sugar and sprinkles. Everyone complemented me on them. They held their shape really well so will be use Christmas cookie cutters and serve again on Boxing Day.

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  • 02 May 2013

    KatyCooks rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used this as a "base" recipe and added chopped nuts and dark chocolate chips. Because of that, it was slightly tricky to slice the "roll" into thins, but the resulting biscuits were delicious, and quite "rustic" looking. (I didn't dust them with icing sugar as there was no need).

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 35 biscuits

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Plus chilling time
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

(freeze as raw dough or baked and undusted)

Ingredients

  • 1 quantity vanilla shortbread dough (see below)
  • icing sugar , for dusting
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Per biscuit

94 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 0g, sugar 4g, salt 0.11 g

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