Custard powder biscuit

Recipe source: Nirmala of Cakes and Treats

Ingredients

1.5 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 cup Powdered sugar

1/2 cup Vanilla flavoured Custard powder

Pinch of salt

2 tsp baking powder

7 oz soft butter

Sift the dry ingredients - flour, salt, powder sugar and custard powder. Add the butter and mix well with hands. Make small balls and press them slightly. Use a fork to make impressions and bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 8 -10 minutes till slightly pink.

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Coconut cookies

Recipe inspiration: Veena of Veg junction

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/ maida

1/4 cup butter -melted

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup coconut powder

1/4 cup milk

1/4 tsp baking soda

Mix the dry ingredients together - flour, coconut powder, baking soda and powdered sugar. Add in the melted butter to it and mix well. Slowly add in the milk as much required to get a soft dough. Make small balls and flatten them slightly.

Bake in a preheated oven at 140 degrees for 25 -30 minutes until done.

Lemon nankhatai

Ingredients

3/4 cup maida/all purpose flour

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Pinch of lemon yellow colour

Pinch of cooking soda

1 tsp lemon essence

1/3 cup ghee

Sieve the maida and soda and keep aside. Beat the sugar and ghee well and add in lemon essence and lemon yellow colour. Mix well and add the sieved flour little by little and make a dough. Make small balls and flatten them. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes till done.

Cool well and serve.

Optional : If you have lemon zest you could add them and skip lemon essence.

Coconut nankhatai

Ingredients

3/4 cup minus 2 tbsp maida/all purpose flour 

2 tbsp dry coconut powder

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Pinch of cooking soda

1/3 cup ghee

Sieve the maida and soda and keep aside. Beat the sugar and ghee well and add in dry coconut powder. Mix well and add the sieved flour little by little and make a dough. Make small balls and flatten them or shape as desired -squares or any other shape. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes till done.

Cool well and serve.

Chocolate nankhatais

Its raining flavoured nankhatais on this blog and this time its Chocolate nankhatais...

Ingredients

3/4 cup minus 1 tsp maida/all purpose flour

1/4 cup plus 2 tsp powdered sugar

Pinch of cooking soda

1/3 cup ghee

1 tsp cocoa powder

1 tsp chocolate essence

Sieve the maida, cocoa powder and soda and keep aside. Beat the sugar and ghee well and add in the essence. Mix and add the sieved flour little by little and make a dough. Make small balls and flatten them. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes till done.

Cool well and serve.

* You can even try adding some chocolate chips to it.

Orange nankhatais

After plain nankhatais, there is the second version of nankhatis-Tasty Orange flavoured nankhatais

Ingredients

3/4 cup maida/all purpose flour

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Pinch of red orange colour

Pinch of cooking soda

1 tsp orange essence

1/3 cup ghee

Sieve the maida and soda and keep aside. Beat the sugar and ghee well and add in orange essence and red orange colour. Mix well and add the sieved flour little by little and make a dough. Make small balls and flatten them. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes till done.

Cool well and serve.

* I didnt have Orange zest, if you have you can add them instead of the food colour.

Nankhatai

Recipe source: Raaga of The Singing Chef

Ingredients

3/4 cup maida/all purpose flour

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Pinch of cooking soda

1/3 cup ghee

Cardamom powder a bit

Sieve the maida and soda and keep aside. Beat the sugar and ghee well and add in the cardamom powder. Add the sieved flour little by little and make a dough. Make small balls and flatten them. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes till done.

Cool well and serve.

Orange flavoured cookies

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

1 tsp orange essence

1 tsp orange zest (if you have)

Pinch of orange colour

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Add the essence, zest and mix well. Add the colour to the vanaspati, mix and then add it little by little to the flour mix. Keep mixing till you get a dough. Make small balls of it and flatten them a bit.

Preheat oven to 180 deg. Arrange the flattened balls leaving some gap between each biscuit. Bake in convention mode for 8 mins. Cool for 10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

* I didnt have orange zest yet the essence gave a good orange flavour to the biscuit..If you have them you can include the zest too for more flavour..

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Chewy butterscotch cookies

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup shortening/vanaspati

3/4 cup sugar (powdered)

3 tbsp butterscotch chips

1/2 tsp butterscotch essence

Sieve the sugar and flour together twice. Add the essence to the vanaspati and mix well. Add vanaspati little by little to the flour and keep mixing it. Finally add the butterscotch chips and mix well. Make small balls, flatten them slightly and make impressions with fork. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. Cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.

Eggless Chocolate chip cookies

Inspired from Pratima's Eggless Chocolate chip cookies at Prats Corner. I chopped the chocolate too finely and it melted during baking...so ensure that you dont grate the chocolates pieces or chop it very finely..

Ingredients

170 grams all purpose flour

100 grams sugar (powdered)

Bit of baking powder

120 grams soft unsalted butter

Chocolate chips or chopped chocolate pieces as desired

1 tsp chocolate essence

Beat the butter and sugar well until creamy. Add the essence and mix well. Sieve flour and baking powder and add slowly to the butter mixture. Finally add choco chips and mix lightly. Make balls, flatten them and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes till edges start getting brown.

Cool it well to let it get crisp.

Shortbread cookies

Inspired from Monika's recipe at Sin-A-Mon blog..

Ingredients

 3 cups all purpose flour/maida

1.5 cups soft butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1.5 tsp vanilla essence

Sugar candies for toppings

Cream the butter well. Add sugar powdered and mix again till creamy. Add in the essence, salt and flour and make a soft dough. Cover in a plastic sheet and refrigerate for atleast an hour.

Take a small portion, roll into a thick round, sprinkle candies and cut desired shapes.

Line on a baking tray and chill for 15 minutes. Preheat oven at 175 degrees and bake for 8 minutes.

Cool well and serve.

Checkers biscuits

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

2 tbsp cocoa powder

Bit of vanilla essence

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Divide into two portions. To one portion, add the essence and mix well. Add half the vanaspati little by little and keep mixing till you get a dough. To the rest of the flour sugar mix, add cocoa powder and sieve once more. Add the remaining vanaspati little by little and mix to get a dough. Pack both the dough in separate plastic sheets and set in fridge for 10 minutes.

Roll both the dough separately to medium thickness making a rectangle.

Cut into long strips and arrange them alternatively as in the picture below.

Now cut horizontal strips and join two pieces with contrasting colours as in the picture below.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees and bake for 8-10 minutes till done.
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Swirl biscuits

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

2 tbsp cocoa powder

Bit of vanilla essence

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Divide into two portions. To one portion, add the essence and mix well. Add half the vanaspati little by little and keep mixing till you get a dough. To the rest of the flour sugar mix, add cocoa powder and sieve once more. Add the remaining vanaspati little by little and mix to get a dough. Pack both the dough in separate plastic sheets and set in fridge for 10 minutes. 

Roll both the dough separately to medium thickness making a rectangle. Slowly invert the chocolate mix over the vanilla dough and remove the plastic sheet from chocolate dough. Hold the plastic sheet below the vanilla dough and slowly roll the dough till the end. The longer is the rectangle, the more swirls you get. While rolling, don't roll the plastic sheet along and finally pack it with the same sheet. Let it set for 10 more minutes in the fridge. Remove the plastic sheet and cut into rounds slowly. Let it be of medium thickness. 

Preheat oven to 180 deg. Arrange the rings leaving some gap between each biscuit. Bake in convention mode for 8-10 mins. Cool for 10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

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Eggless Double decker biscuits

Inspired from Gayathri's version of bakery biscuits..

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

Bit of vanilla essence

2 tbsp cocoa /drinking chocolate powder

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Divide into two parts. To one part add the vanilla essence and mix well. Add half the quantity of vanaspati little by little and keep mixing till you get a dough. For the remaining half flour portion, add the cocoa/ drinking chocolate powder and make a dough with the remaining vanaspati. Pack both these dough in a plastic sheet and freeze for 10 minutes. Dust the dough with little flour and roll into thick rotis. Place one above the other and roll slightly so that both of them stick to each other. Cut into desired shapes. 

Preheat oven to 180 deg. Arrange the biscuits leaving some gap between each biscuit. Bake in convention mode for 8 mins. Cool for 10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

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Eggless Pista Flavoured biscuits

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

1 tsp pista essence

2 tbsp unsalted pista cut into small pieces

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Add the essence, pista and mix well. Add the vanaspati little by little and keep mixing till you get a dough. Make small balls of it and flatten them a bit.

Preheat oven to 180 deg. Arrange the flattened balls leaving some gap between each biscuit. Bake in convention mode for 8 mins. Cool for 10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

* You can even add a bit of green food colour if you wish to..

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Eggless wheat almond cookies

Inspired from Priya's version at Priya's Easy n Tasty recipes

Ingredients

1 cup wheat flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

Bit of salt

Chopped almonds

1/4 tsp cardamom powder

1/2 cup butter

Milk as required

Mix the flour, sugar, salt, almond pieces and cardamom powder well and add the butter and milk to get a dough. Make balls and flatten them slightly or use a cookie cutter of the desired shape. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for around 18 minutes. Remember to leave out some space between the cookies before baking them. Allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

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Bakery butter biscuits

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 cup vanaspati/shortening

3/4 cup sugar powdered

Bit of vanilla essence

Sieve the sugar and flour together to remove any lumps. Add the essence and mix well. Add the vanaspati little by little and keep mixing till you get a dough. Make small balls of it and flatten them a bit.

Preheat oven to 180 deg. Arrange the flattened balls leaving some gap between each biscuit. Bake in convention mode for 8 mins. Cool for 10 minutes before storing in an air tight container.

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