After seven to 10 minutes, your hearts look like blobs and your snowflakes look like snowballs ... of beautiful things keeps her sugar cookies in perfect shape. "The fat in butter helps cookies ...

You’ll need a 6cm/2½in round cookie cutter (smooth, not crinkle-edged) to make these and, ideally, a set of mini Christmas cutters – bell, heart, Christmas tree, snowflake, angel, star ...