Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 170 gm / 1 1/2 stick butter, at room temperature 3/4 cup icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence red and green food color 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips Preparation: Sift together all purpose flour and baking powder in a bowl and keep it aside. In […]
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Bourbon Biscuits
Ingredients: For the Biscuits: 100 gm plain flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup sugar, powdered 50 gm unsalted butter, softened 1 tbsp honey/ golden syrup 1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder 2-3 tsp milk For the Filling: 50 gm butter, softened 100 gm icing sugar, sifted 2 tsp cocoa powder Preparation: Preheat the oven to […]
Stained Glass Cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup / 113 gm butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar, powdered 1/2 tsp vanilla essence hard candies of different colors ( fruit flavored lollies/ poppins) Preparation: Place the candies in a ziplock bag and crush them using rolling pin. If you want […]
Checkerboard Cookie / Vanilla Chocolate Checkerboard Cookies
Ingredients: 185 gm all purpose flour 100 gm butter, at room temperature 5-6 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 egg, beaten 15 gm cocoa powder Preparation: To prepare vanilla dough, sift 100 gm all purpose flour and keep it aside. In a bowl, beat 50 gm butter and 2 1/2 tbsp sugar until light […]
Blueberry Biscuits
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 55 gm/1/4 cup butter 50 gm / 1/4 cup sugar , plus extra for sprinkling 125 ml/ 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 cup blueberries Preparation: Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius. Line two baking sheets with baking paper/ parchment paper. […]
Button Cookies / Shortbread Buttons
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour 1 tbsp cornflour 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup/ 225 gm butter, at room temperature 3/4 cup confectioners/ icing sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence food colors ( I used red, blue and green) Preparation: In a bowl, whisk the plain flour with corn flour and salt and keep it aside. […]
Rose Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup plain flour 1/2 tsp baking soda pinch of salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 large egg 1 tbsp rose milk/ rose syrup 3/4 cup chocolate chips Preparation: Sift together plain flour, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl and keep it aside. In a large […]
Tricolor Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour/ plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 150 gm unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 large egg 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract few drops of orange and green food colors Preparation: Sift the plain flour, […]
Nan Khatai / Nankhatai Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup all purpose flour/plain flour 1/2 cup wheat flour a pinch of baking powder 1/2 cup sugar 2 cardamom 1/2 cup ghee / melted butter ( add little more or less to make a smooth dough) 2 tbsp pistachios, powdered Preparation: Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Grease a cookie sheet with ghee/ […]
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup plain flour/ all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup chocolate chips Preparation: Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Line a baking sheet with baking paper/ parchment […]
Almond Cookies
Ingredients: 2/3 cup plain flour 2 tbsp cornflour 1/2 cup ground almonds/ almond meal 1/3 cup or 5 1/2 tbsp butter, softened 1/3 cup sugar, powdered 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt Preparation: Sift together plain flour, cornflour, baking powder and salt and keep it aside. In a bowl, beat butter and sugar till […]
Custard Powder – Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe adapted from here Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup custard powder 1 cup butter 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar/ icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup chocolate chips Preparation: Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Line the baking tray with baking paper/ parchment paper. In a bowl, sift together the all purpose […]