Preheat your oven to 160° and line your baking trays.
Place the butter, sugar, maltexo (or golden syrup) and milk into a pot and melt over a low heat.
Take off the heat once all the ingredients have combined.
Add the baking soda and stir with the dough whisk or wooden spoon until it fluffs up and become pale in colour.
Fold through the flour, salt and vanilla.
Allow to cool on your bench top for 5-10 minutes until the mixture firms up. You will know when you roll your first ball of dough by the way it holds it shape.
Use teaspoon amount of mixture to roll into balls. Place on your lined baking trays. There is no need to press down.
Place in the oven and cook for 10-12 minutes.
They will be golden and form to touch. Allow them to rest on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Once cool store in an airtight container.