Shortbread butter cookies (Annelise's)

This is another recipe I got from Annelise on Nevis. It is by far one of my favourite simple cookie recipes. They have a nutty, very buttery flavour and are super simple to make.

Tools

baking sheet or rack
baking paper

Ingredients

250 g butter
160 g powdered sugar
310 g all purpose flour, do NOT sieve the flour
12 g (2 teaspoons) vanilla essence

Directions

soften the butter (ideally overnight)
sieve the powdered sugar if it has lumps
mix the butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until creamy
add the flour and mix until a dough is formed
if the dough looks a little dry add a table spoon of milk and mix it in
do NOT overmix, we don’t want to develop the gluten
pre-heat the oven to 170 °C
roll the dough out to a 5 mm thich sheet
cut into shapes using a cookie cutter
bake at 180 °C until light brown
transfer to a rack and allow to cool
store in airtight container, or freeze them