Quick and Easy Christmas Cookies

The big day is getting closer and we'll all be pressed for time.

In the run up to Christmas, we've been asking Alan to share some of his best Christmas recipes that are just as easy to prepare at home, as well as in a Commercial Kitchen to be served to customers.

If you missed them, check out our Mince Pies and Shortbread

This is a lovely recipe for cookies, it can be stored and baked just as your friends and family arrive!

Christmas Cookies

• 180gms plain flour
• ½ tsp Baking powder
• Pinch salt
• 115gms Butter
• 150gms golden caster sugar, tb spoon Xmas spices ginger cinnamon clove, whatever you fancy
• 1 Egg
• 1tsp Vanilla Essence
• 150gms Sea salt chocolate

Cream butter and sugar together until soft, add in egg, vanilla essence mix until combined, mix together flour spice and baking powder salt and add to butter mix.

Bring together to form a loose dough then add in chopped chocolate form a dough ball, then roll into a log wrap in cling film and store.

Pre heat oven to 170/180dgs C be careful if its fan assisted you could drop down to 160dgs C

Now bake off slices whenever you want biscuits, simply cut off rounds from the log 5 mm thick place onto

Baking parchment spaced apart to allow for spread, bake for 10/12 mins they may feel soft but will

Firm up when rested, place the rest of the log in the fridge keep for up to a week, or cut them all and freeze the rounds and cook whenever you want to.

Merry Christmas from Bettaquip - supplying all of your Commercial Kitchen needs!