Easy one we've made from cookery australian way. (I put full ingredients but I made half batch last time and that was plenty.)

1 cup flour
1 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
milk

Sift flours.

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla and mix well.

Add flours and mix into firm dough

Lift onto lightly floured board and knead until smooth

Roll to 5mm thickness and cut out shapes

Glaze with milk

Bake at 160C until biscuit pale color (10-15mins)

Cool and dust with icing sugar if desired.


oh and if you have cocoa you can replace 3 tablespoons flour with 3 of cocoa for chocolate biscuits.