Christmastime Vanilla Shortbreads

Everyone likes shortbreads so this special Vanilla Shortbreads recipe courtesy of our friends at Bonne Maman will prove to be a real Christmastime winner with friends and family members alike!

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter

2 tsp vanilla extract

115g caster sugar

340g plain flour

125g custard powder

4-5 tbsp milk

Bonne Maman Conserves

Bonne Maman Hazelnut Chocolate Spread

Icing sugar, to dust

Heat the oven to 150°C, 130°C fan, gas 2.

In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, vanilla and sugar until creamy. Mix in the dry ingredients and enough milk to form a firm dough.

Knead the dough into a ball and put it between two sheets of baking paper. Roll out the dough as thinly as you can, about 5mm, then chill for 20 minutes.

Using whatever cutters you have, stamp out an even number of biscuits. Now stamp out small rounds or stars from the centre of half the biscuits to make the tops.

Mix together all the dough off-cuts and re-roll between the paper as before. Stamp out more shapes.

Once the shapes are cut out, arrange on 2 baking sheets lines with paper and chill for 10 minutes.

Bake the biscuits for about 10-12 minutes or until firm and pale golden. Cool on the baking sheet.

When cool, spread your favourite Bonne Maman Conserve or Hazelnut Chocolate Spread on the bottom biscuits and top with another, pressing them together. Dust with icing sugar.