Freezer Biscuits/cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs and vanilla, beat until well combined.
• 2 fold in sifted flour, mix to a firm dough.
• 3 divide dough evenly into three.
• 4 add desired fillings:.
• 5 1/4 cup coconut and 60g chopped glace cherries. roll into balls and roll in extra coconut and place half a glace cherry into each biscuit.
• 6 1/4 cup chocolate bits. roll into balls.
• 7 1/4 cup chopped nuts and 1/4 cup sultanas. roll into balls.
• 8 jam. do not add jam until ready to cook. roll dough into balls and slightly flatten making a dent in the dough.
• 9 place biscuits on greased oven tray and place in freezer.
• 10 when frozen place in ziplock bag and return to freezer until needed.
• 11 when required, remove biscuits from freezer, put, still frozen, on greased oven tray, add 1 tsp jam to each biscuit if making jam biscuits; allow room for spreading.
• 12 bake in moderate 180 c oven 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 13 remove from oven, cool on wire rack.