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SWEETMEAT Biscuits are all-time favourites
Treat your family and friends with these all- times favourite, mouth watering, home baked cookies. Easy-to-make recipes with ingredients straight from the store- cupboard the cookies will be a crunchy treat.
Mixed nut cookies
Ingredients
Amul butter- 120gm
Cooking butter- 120gm
Eggs- 3
Baking powder- 2tsp
Refined flour- 500gm
Sugar- 250gm
Crushed and roasted nuts
Almonds- 100gm
Pistachio- 100gm
Cashew nuts- 100gm
Tutti-frutti- 100gm
Grated chocolate- 100gm
Method
Lightly cream the butter and sugar till 2/3 rd sugar dissolves. Add the eggs. Sieve flour and baking powder and add it gradually. Mix it thoroughly and freeze.
In the meantime, crush the nuts and roast them in the oven and cool.
Take out the dough mixture a little at a time. Roll on a marble table dusted with flour. Use different fancy cutters. Sprinkle various nuts on the dough. Cut and bake at 100°C for 15 to 20 minutes.
Vanilla cookies
Ingredients
Refined flour- 175gm
Baking powder- 1tsp
Cooking butter- 125gm
Powdered sugar- 90gm
Caster sugar- 60gm
Vanilla essence- half tsp
Egg- 1
Method
Sift flour and baking powder. Cream together the butter, powdered sugar, egg and caster sugar. Add the sifted flour and vanilla essence and mix well. Lightly grease two baking trays. Place tablespoonfuls of the mixture on the baking trays, spacing them well apart to allow for spreading during cooking. Bake in a pre-heated oven, 190°C for 10 to 12 minutes. Use a palette knife to transfer the cookies on to a wire rack to cool completely.
Lemon cookies
Ingredients
Refined flour-175gm
Baking powder- half tsp
Caster sugar- 60 gm
Cooking Butter- 100gm
Salt- a pinch
Egg yolk- 1
Lemon rind- 1tsp
Method
Cream the butter and caster sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and lemon rind. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Then work by hand to form the dough. Knead lightly till smooth. Chill for half an hour. Grease the baking tray and roll out the dough on a floured surface to 1/8" thick. Use special shaped cutters and cut out the cookies.
Place slightly apart on a baking tray, refrigerate for 25-30 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C. Bake the cookies for 25-30 minutes until lightly coloured. Remove from baking tray on wire rack to cool.
Peanut cookies
Ingredients
Refined flour- 175gm
Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp
Cooking butter- 175gm
Sugar- 225gm
Chopped pea nuts- 2cups
Egg- 1
Milk- 4 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1tsp
Salt- a pinch
Method
Cream butter, sugar and egg yolk well. Add milk and vanilla essence. Sieve flour baking powder and salt. Mix well. Lastly add the whipped egg white and knead to smooth dough. Form into small balls. Arrange these balls on a greased baking tray 1" apart. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C until lightly coloured. Remove from baking tray on wire rack to cool.
Cashew nut cookies
Ingredients
Refined flour- 125gm
Baking powder- half tsp
Ground cashew nuts- 50gm
Caster sugar- 70gm
Egg yolk- 1
Vanilla essence- quarter tsp
A few cashew nuts for the top of the cookies
Milk- 3tbsp
Butter- 100gm
Method
Cream the butter and caster sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk, vanilla essence, ground cashew nuts and milk. Knead the dough lightly and chill for half an hour.
Grease the baking tray and roll out the dough on a floured surface Cut out the dough with a cookie cutter. Place slightly apart on a baking tray and place a few pieces of cashew nuts on the top. Refrigerate for 25-30 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C. Bake the cookies for 20-25 minutes until light brown. Cool on a wire rack.
LILY BABU JOSE
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