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Indian butter cookies

Jun-05-2016
Swayampurna Singh
10 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
24 People
Serves
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ABOUT Indian butter cookies RECIPE

Nankhatai or Indian butter cookies are everyone's favorite cookies that can be made in a jiffy, anytime you get a cookie craving. Takes barely 15 mins and made with everyday pantry ingredients, these cookies are buttery, melt in your mouth with just the perfect crunch on top

Recipe Tags

  • Egg-free
  • Easy
  • Kids Recipes
  • Baking
  • Snacks
  • Egg Free

Ingredients Serving: 24

  1. All purpose flour - 200 gms
  2. Castor Sugar - 1 cup
  3. Butter - ¾ cup
  4. Cardamom Powder- 1 tsp
  5. Baking soda - ¾ tsp
  6. Pinch of salt Pistachio crumbled - optional.
  7. Almond/cashew - optional.

Instructions

  1. Start by adding the sugar into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and cardamom powder to it. Cream them together till well combined and fluffy.
  2. Sift the flour with baking soda and salt and add to the mixing bowl with creamed butter and sugar.
  3. Mix into a smooth dough. The dough should be quite stiff. If not, add a little more flour, 1 tsp at a time. Preheat the oven to 170 C.
  4. Prepare a baking tray, lined with parchment paper.
  5. Shape the dough into balls of about 1.5 inch and slightly indent on the top with a skewer. Set on the tray with 2 inch gap.
  6. Bake at 170C for 12- 15 mins till golden. Remove from oven, cool completely on a wire rack and transfer into an air tight jar to store.

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Sanjay Reddy
Jun-06-2016
Sanjay Reddy   Jun-06-2016

Crunchy and tasty :)

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