Sugar Cookies

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Sugar Cookies

It's always a pleasure to wake up my family to the sweet smell of freshly baked cookies! Once in a while you give in to the pleasure of refined flours and sugar. Here's my a no fail melt in the mouth butter cookies recipe for you.

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Butter, soft at room temperature
  • ½  cup Castor Sugar
  • 1  cup Maida(All Purpose Flour)
  • 1 Tablespoon plain Yogurt
  •  ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • Pinch of Salt

Method:

  • Cream together butter and sugar for 1-2 minutes till you have a smooth, creamy mixture.
  • Add the yogurt, vanilla and mix well.
  • Sift in the dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, salt.
  • Mix together till the dry combines with the wet mixture and you have a soft dough. Do not over mix or you will end up with a tough textured cookie.
  • chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Take the dough from the fridge and roll and shape it or roll into balls and flatten them.
  • Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheet 1 inch apart. Bake at 180 C for 20 minutes or till you get the desired color.
  • Melt the chocolate in microwave or bain marie.
  • Dip half cookie in the molten chocolate and place it back on the parchment paper to cool down.
Note: Avoid yogurt to get a super crunchy cookie. Amount of yogurt decides the softness/tenderness of your cookies.
Follow the recipe above to get a melt in mouth crunch!

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