Thumbprint Cookies

This is a lovely easy recipe to make with toddlers.

Ingredients

225g self-raising flour

100g butter, cubed

100g caster sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon milk

Jam or chocolate chips

Extra flour for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220oC/200oC fan/Gas 6.

2. Dust two baking trays with flour.

3. Put the flour into a large mixing bowl and rub the butter in with your fingertips, until it looks like breadcrumbs.

4. Stir in the sugar.

5. Mix the vanilla extract with the egg in a bowl.

6. Pour the egg into the flour mixture and mix well with a fork.

7. Add 1 tablespoon milk and mash the dough with a fork until it starts to come together.

8. Use your hands to form the dough into a ball.

9. Flatten the dough on a plate and cut into 12 triangles.

10. Roll each triangle into a ball, place on a baking tray and push down slightly. Repeat until all of the dough is used up.

11. Make a deep thumbprint in each cookie. Make a little bigger if need be with your finger.

12. Fill each well with jam or chocolate chips.

13. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

14. Remove the cookies from the oven with oven gloves, allow to cool for a few minutes on the trays, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. The jam will be very hot when the cookies come out of the oven so be careful!!