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1. Video tutorial: Creaming butter and sugar

1. Mix the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a wooden spoon, then add the egg yolk and vanilla and briefly beat to combine. Sift over the flour and stir until the mixture is well combined - you might need to get your hands in at the end to give everything a really good mix and press the dough together.

Per serving

118 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, salt 0.13 g

This dough makes a lightly flavoured vanilla biscuit with a lovely crumbly texture. It's delicious as it is, but can also be transformed by adding other flavours.'

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• kipperelli

  14 February 2009

  kipperelli rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic, work everytime - don't need vanilla just enjoy the buttery flavour!

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• woolfie

  18 February 2009

  woolfie commented on this recipe

  I have made the penut butter ones on 5 different occasions and everybody loved them. I have also made the chocolate ones and the plain ones which were just as good. Trouble is one is never enough especially just out of the oven! A favourite to use again and again!

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• A.x

  21 February 2009

  A.x commented on this recipe

  MMM! I used oats, mixed spice and raisins in one batch, and a tsp peanut butter and handful of peanuts in the other! They were lushhhh!

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• Kernow Cook

  23 February 2009

  Kernow Cook rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Divine vanilla, buttery biscuit dough able to be transformed into many cookies. My fave is to use basic receipe and then flatten them slighty before putting a thumb print and 1/2 tsp jam. Made 24 cookies.

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• mollymolly

  12 March 2009

  mollymolly commented on this recipe

  Does anyone else find this recipe really hard to roll out?

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• nat2284

  13 March 2009

  nat2284 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  i love this recipe - its great as a quicky to keep the kids happy. does anyone have any other variations on it, id love the peanut butter recipe if anyone has it?

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• hollie

  23 April 2009

  hollie commented on this recipe

  i made the chocolate ones and i was worried that they didn't seem to be cooked after 16 minutes but once cooled they were actually perfect, moist and gorgeous as the chocolate chips had melted :) i had a disaster with the lemon ones tho as i tried to use 'candarel' instead of sugar, they ended up savory and nice with cheese, but i will make again with proper sugar :)

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• Ellie

  09 May 2009

  Ellie commented on this recipe

  These are sooo yummy and easy to make! Popular variations include ginger (adding 2 balls chopped stem ginger and 1 tbsp ginger syrup) and coffee and walnut (2 tsp coffee and 100 roughly chopped walnuts!) Yum

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• Pickled Pepper

  10 May 2009

  Pickled Pepper rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Had a disaster with the lemony ones, the icing looked revolting and just melted into the biscuits. They didn't look anything like the one in the photo, although they tasted ok. Had more success when I put some chocolate chips into the basic dough - gorgeous

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• sahar

  31 May 2009

  sahar rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this with crushed almond and added some sugar, it was really delicious.

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• bethany-lynn-ox

  03 June 2009

  bethany-lynn-ox commented on this recipe

  hi. quick question. i am 15 almost 16 and have promised my boyfriend i will cook him a meal for his birthday (little romantic thing between us). i am a good cook and study hospitality anyway at school. i am going to make desert for his whole family and wanted something sophisticated but something the children would like too. i have come across the cookie dough crumble on here and was wondering if i could make it using this recipe? for the 1 wonderfull reason of im not sure you can even buy fresh cookie dough in the UK. *laugh out loud* i was wondering if this would work and just use this as an alternative if somebody could be so polite to give me feedback a.s.a.p i would be ever so gratefull. thank you for even reading this. bethany x

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• emily

  09 June 2009

  emily commented on this recipe

  thses are spo nice i made these for a las vegas themed party and make buiscit dices and playing cards defo every ones frav !

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• golondon

  05 September 2009

  golondon commented on this recipe

  I have idea why everyone loves this recipe. Awful, awful, awful. Far too much butter so a nightmare to roll out. Got stuck in all my daughter's cookie cutters & now I'm watching thru the oven door and it's all turned into one huge mess as everything expanded. I'm no expert cook but I could have created a better recipe than this. I'm more than disappointed as the biscuits were supposed to be a present to give tomorrow. I would NEVER recommend this recipe. Grrr...

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• golondon

  05 September 2009

  golondon commented on this recipe

  And then it all burnt to a crisp (pure black) in under 15 mins. I'm very, very disappointed.

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• Mrs_Nunney

  06 September 2009

  Mrs_Nunney rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy to make, I made lemon biscuits. I'd have to agree that there may be a bit too much butter. The end result was very tasty nonetheless.

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Ingredients

• 250g butter , softened
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g plain flour

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Makes about 30 cookies

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Prep 5 mins

Cook 15 mins

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Ingredients

• 250g butter , softened
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g plain flour

Per serving

118 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 7 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, salt 0.13 g

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