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saffron cookies /kesar biscuits(eggless)

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • All purpose flour/maida - 115 grms/3/4 cup
  • Sugar - 40 gms/1/4 cup +2 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee - 50 gms/1/4 cup
  • Some chopped almonds and pistachios -
  • Saffron - few strands
  • A teaspoon of milk

Method
 

  1. Disslove saffron in warm milk.
  2. Keep everything ready including chopped nuts.
  3. Cream ghee and sugar nicely.
  4. Then add saffron and cardamom powder mix.
  5. Then add flour to it.
  6. Make a dough.
  7. In-between preheat oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
  8. Flatten it between two sheets of butter paper or a parchment.
  9. Now sprinkle the nuts over it and roll.
  10. Then cut to desired shapes.
  11. Place the biscuits over a butter paper lined tray and bake for 15 minutes.
  12. Cool it before you store.

Notes

All the flavour comes from saffron hence the name saffron biscuits.
Adding nuts is a must which gives the real crunch.
You can use a parchment or a cling film to roll the dough as it would stick without it.