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Aren't these the cutest? How about making them for your next gathering of stitchers?

Would you like to see the steps on how to make these sweet Button Bikkies?

I've included a recipe for Vanilla Sugar cookies, but, really, you could use your favourite plain biscuit recipe. You could also add food colourings, cocoa, flavourings or dip half in chocolate and make a lovely collection of Button Bikkies to serve.

Ingredients-

Makes about 30 biscuits, 2.5 inches in diameter

 
3 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup/ 230 grams (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 cup castor sugar (superfine sugar)

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

food colouring, flavourings should you choose so 

 

 

Method 

1. Cream together butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and any flavourings; if you are using them. Mix until well blended.

2. With your mixer on low, gradually add flour and salt to the butter mixture until the two are thoroughly combined (If adding cocoa add 2 tablespoons and add a little less plain flour).  If you are going to add food colouring, do so now. Mix until an even consistency is achieved.

3. Turn the dough onto the work surface and divide into two equal portions; flatten into a disc; wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.

4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius/350 F.

5. After dough has been chilled, remove from fridge and roll out each disc until they are about 1/4 inch in thickness. Now you are ready to cut your cookies!

6. Using your circle cookie cutter, cut out circle shapes from the dough. Using a cup (I used the base of a tea cup- but you could use a rim of a cup too) that has a diameter which is smaller than the cookie; carefully place on top of the circle cookie, ensuring that it is placed in the centre of the cookie.  Press the teacup into the cookie, make sure that you don't press more than halfway through the cookie. Take your straw and insert the end into the centre of the cookie to make the button holes. I made 4 holes in the middle, you could also do 2 holes side-by-side.

7. Repeat for the remainder of the cookies.

8. Place your biscuits onto a lined cookie tray and place in the oven for 10-12 mins; depending on the size, but generally take them out just as the edges are starting to turn a light golden colour.

Speaking of buttons....Have you grabbed your Red Brolly Button yet? (Like that one?)

You can add it to your blog by simply copying the code (which you'll find in my sidebar) and pasting it in your blog sidebar.

It does require a small amount of code knowledge, but it really is very easy. If you know where to put the code in your template, you'll be fine :-)

-Bronwyn...

 

 

Comments

[Says Susan Wild]

Very cute idea!

[Says Jenny's Craft Place]

Love the buttons :) Could you imagine the themes if you added some food colour! Happy crafting, Jenny

[Says Miss Butterfly]

Cute as a button !!!!

[Says isabella]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Good !!!!!

[Says Teresa Rawson]

OMG, those look cute AND delicious...thanks for sharing! Do you mind sharing what, if any, computer drawing programs you use for making patterns? I have some 15 inch blocks in the Baltimore Album style that I would like to make look more professional than my chicken scratchings...

Your designs are so fun and personable!

In stitches,
Teresa :o)

[Says bronwyn]

Hi Teresa,
All my drawings are done by me. I don't use any computer program, except of course, the scanner to scan the final drawing into my computer. I paint and draw everything by hand. Sorry I'm not much help.

[Says Rosalie Harris]

What a gret idea for all us button lovers Bronwyn, my group will get some next time they come to my place. I made your " Rocky Road on a stick" recipe, they were a hit with the Grandies, and the adults managed to get one each too, if they were quick enough. cheers R.

[Says sylvaine]

what en wonderfull idea !! thanks

[Says Kathy Stewart]

cute. too good to eat

[Says Kate Creighton]

What a clever idea! Thanks for sharing.

[Says kaholly]

Scrolling through your latest posts this morning and came across this. How funny that I was going to make some for my little quilt group on Monday. I found the idea in a quilt book from the library last winter - wish I could remember with one. The recipe is different, more like a shortbread, but oh, how cute an idea!! Thanks! And thank you for your stitcheries! I've done a couple of them and they are so much fun.

[Says Kathy Stewart]

printer won't work and I cannot find code. Will try later

[Says Kathy Stewart]

I forgot to mention that a friend of mine at the Prayer Shawl Ministry has a Kitchen Aid and my son has 1. I made the cover for his. I will buy 1 someday

[Says Maria]

I love them! What a good idea.

[Says Mary Hood]

What size cookie cutter do you use?

[Says Bronwyn Hayes]

Hi Mary-
You can use any size cookie cutter you like.
The button cookies look really eye catching done in all different sizes.
But one size is O.K. too!
And of course, think how gorgeous they would look iced!
Cheers-
Bronwyn ...

[Says Mary Hood]

Thanks Bronwyn. I'm embarrassed to say that I had done a quick scan of your recipe and didn't see the cookie size right above the ingredients! The myriad ways that the cute cookies can be iced and decorated has me anxious to get to my local Wilton store for more supplies!

[Says Susan Galbreath]

These are just the cutest, I will have to try this.