Ingredients

Method

• 500 g butter
• 225 g caster sugar
• 2 t vanilla extract
• 4 free-range eggs
• 975 g cake flour
• 3 t baking powder
• 1 t bicarbonate of soda
• 1 t cream of tartar

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking tray. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add the vanilla and beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar.

4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring. Fill a cookie press with the dough and press out cookies onto the baking tray, 3–5 cm apart. Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden brown.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food assistant: Ellen Schwerdtfeger