Being a sweet tooth family,we love to have salty version of cookies a lot than the sugar cookies.When we were in NJ used to get these biscuits from the popular shop Hot breads.But after moving to PA miss those goodies a lot.But never forget to visit the shop when we are travelling to NJ.
Coming to this recipe I noted down roughly when I was watching this in a T.V show long time back and slightly altered it to our taste.In the original recipe,a tbs of custard powder is used and the amount of sugar given is around 6 tbs.Since I ran out of custard powder,didn't use it,the cookies were so crunchy and turned out good.This cookies stayed fresh even after two weeks,lets move on to the recipe................................................
Jeera Biscuits/Cumin Flavored Cookies
Basic Information
Preparation time 15 minutes
Resting time 1-11/2 hours
Cooking time 20 minutes
Makes 24-26 cookies
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
All purpose flour/maida | 11/2 cups |
Semolina/rava/sooji | 2 tbs |
Butter/vennai | 1/2 cup |
Olive oil or any neutral oil | 3 tbs |
Baking powder | 1 tsp |
Baking soda | 1/8 tsp |
| Salt | 3/4 tsp |
| Sugar/sakkarai | 1/4 cup |
| Cumin seeds/jeergam | 1 tsp |
| Milk | 3-4 tbs or as needed |
Method
- Mix in all purpose flour,semolina,baking soda and powder,salt,keep it aside.
- In a bowl take the butter,oil and sugar till beat with an electric blender or hand blender till it becomes creamy.To .this add the flour mixture and mix it well.
- Now with hands knead it well and add milk if needed.Now on a floured surface roll the dough to a log and wrap with a cling wrap.Refrigerate the log for an hour or two.
- After an hour of refrigeration take out the rolled dough and unwrap the cling wrap.Meanwhile preheat the oven at 350F.Slice the rolled dough with a sharp knife to approximately 1/4 inch thick.Arrange it on a lined baking tray an inch apart.Bake it in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or till the cookies become nice and golden color at the top.
- After cooling store it in an air tight container.Serve with tea.
- As these cookies spread slightly,arrange it in the baking tray an inch apart.
- Addition of semolina gives a very nice crunch to the cookies,it can be avoided,its personal preference.
- The amount of sugar given is perfect,but if you want it can be increase up to 6 tbs.
Enjoy...........................................................
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