Versatile Biscuits

Ingredients
175g Plain Flour
110g Soft Butter
50g Sugar

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Put the flour into a mixing bowl, rub in the soft butter, add the caster sugar and bring the whole mixture together to form a stiff dough. Do not add any water.
3. Roll the dough out to about 1/2 cm thickness and cut into shapes. Place carefully on a baking tray and cook in the oven for 6-10mins, or until pale golden.
4. Take out, and cool on a wire rack.

Notes: this is such a versatile biscuit recipe, add ground cinnamon for cinnamon biscuits, ground ginger or lemon rind.

Children love experimenting with these, xmas tree shapes, pigs, cows...

This can be made in a food processor too, just stop the machine as soon as it comes together, otherwise it will toughen.