Smartie Cookies
No matter what your age, Smartie Cookies are everyone's favourite! These cheery, cafe-style cookies are super quick to whip up, bake in 8 minutes and are the perfect school holiday-baking project.
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 150 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 240 g white sugar
- ½ tsp salt sea salt flakes or regular salt
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300 g plain flour
- ½ tsp bi carb soda
- 150 g Baking Smarties
- Optional: extra Smarties to decorate
Instructions
- preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (not fan-forced)
- sift flour and bi carb soda and set aside
- in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar and salt on medium speed, until light and fluffy. You will need to stop the mixer a couple of times and scrape the bowl.
- turn mixer to low and add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- turn the mixer off, then add the sifted flour and bicarb
- mix on low, until almost combined
- Add 150g of Smarties and mix on low until just combined
- Using a large ice cream scoop, scoop out dough and place onto lined baking trays, leaving space for the cookies to spread slightly (I put 9 on a tray)
- Optional: press 4 or 5 Smarties into the top of the cookie dough balls (to ensure the Smarties are visible after baking)
- Bake cookies for 8 minutes, until lightly golden but still soft
- Remove from the oven and quickly and carefully press each cookie to flatten slightly, then reshape if necessary (you can do this with a spatula, or twil them inside a large round cookie cutter).
- Slide baking paper off the tray and allow cookies to set on a cool surface
- Cookies are best eaten within a couple of days and can be frozen for a couple of months