how to make jeera biscuits at home /eggless cumin cookies
Ingredients
- All purpose flour - 100gms
- Unsalted butter - 50 gms
- powdered sugar - 20gms
- Roasted jeera - 2 tsp
- Baking powder - 1 gm
- Milk - 20 ml
- Salt - 2 gm
Instructions
- First dry roast cumin and keep.2.In a mixing bowl take butter and sugar and beat with a whisk till light and creamy.3.Then sieve maida, baking powder and salt directly to the butter mix.4.Then add roasted jeera(reserve some to put on top after rolling) and mix lightly to form a dough by adding milk when required.5.Rest this dough for half an hour in refrigerator.6.Take out dust some flour and roll out the dough sprinkle and press cumin and cut to desired shapes.7.In-between preheat oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.8.Place this cut cookies in a butter paper lined baking tray.9.Bake for 20 minutes .
Notes
Don't knead the dough too much.
You can replace some half of the wheat flour and bake these cookies.
Roasting jeera is needed for exact flavour.
You can use any shaped cutter you like to shape the cookies.
Sometimes for other oven brands it may take longer to bake so adjust accordingly.
You can replace some half of the wheat flour and bake these cookies.
Roasting jeera is needed for exact flavour.
You can use any shaped cutter you like to shape the cookies.
Sometimes for other oven brands it may take longer to bake so adjust accordingly.