TUTTI FRUTTI COOKIES/KARACHI BISCUITS RECIPE S

Here is the another yummilicious Christmas tutti frutti cookies. I just love making cooking cookies at home. Homemade cookies are absolutely delicious and healthy too. These tutti frutti cookies are so tasty with yummy buttery flavour. I used my homemade tutti frutti at home and they just turned wow!!!!! I have already shared tutti frutti cookies recipe in my Facebook page directly couple of years bac, but never got time to share in my page, finally I decided to bake some yummy cookies and baked on Friday. They turned so yummy as always.these cookies also have another name that is Karachi biscuits which are very famous in Hyderabad. You just need few basic ingredients available in your kitchen to bake these yummy biscuits. So, give this a try and let me know how they turned out for you.

Makes : 30 biscuits 

Ingredients :

All purpose flour/maida : 250 grams 

Unsalted butter : 150 grams 

Corn flour : 50 grams 

Tutti frutti : 100 grams

Baking powder : 1 tea spoon

Powdered sugar : 150 grams 

Milk : as required

Vanilla essence : 1 tea spoon 

Cashew nuts : 15 (chopped)

Method :

Take maida in a bowl, add corn flour,baking powder and mix it well. Then add cashew nuts and tutti frutti and mix it well.

Now take softened butter in a bowl and add powdered sugar and beat it well until it becomes creamy and fluffy.then add vanilla essence and mix it well.

Now add flour mixture and mix it well until all ingredients are well combined.

Add few drops of milk if your dough mixture is too stiff. Don’t knead dough too much, just combine all ingredients well.

Now take dough in cling wrap and wrap it well and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Now sprinkle some flour on clean surface and roll the dough into  1/4 inch hight. Now sprinkle some tutti frutti on top and roll it gently.

Now cut them into squares and arrange them in lined baking tray and bake them for 15 to 20 minutes in 180 degrees Celsius in preheated oven.(preheat oven for 10 minutes in 180 degrees)

Now take baked biscuits from the oven and let them cool completely and store them in airtight container s and serve.

JEERA BISCUITS RECIPES/CUMIN SEEDS COOKIES RECIPE

These jeera biscuits are so tasty and very easy to make. They are filled with aromatic jeera flavour with buttery taste. I baked these biscuits yesterday and served with a glass of milk to my daughters. They really liked them a lot. You know? Now there are only 4 biscuits left in my cookie jar. When you take a bite they just melt in mouth. These biscuits tastes sweet and salty. I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Makes : 20 small biscuits

Ingredients :

All purpose flour/maida : 1 cup

Butter : 1/2 cup or 75 grams

Icing sugar /powdered Sugar : 1/4 cup

Salt : 1/2 tea spoon

Baking powder : 1 pinch

Jeera/cumin seeds : 1 table spoon

Milk : 2 table spoons or as needed

Method :

Take butter and sugar in a bowl and beat it well.

Now add all other ingredients and mix it well,then add milk little by little and form a dough.don't knead the dough,just combine all ingredients together.

Now cover the dough with cling wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Now dust some flour on clean surface and roll the dough into 1/4 inch height with rolling pin.

Now cut them into round shape with the help of cookie cutter or any lid.

Arrange them in lined baking tray.

Now preheat oven in 180 degrees Celsius and bake for 15 to 18 minutes in 180 degrees Celsius.

When baked, let them cool completely and serve. 

Note : when biscuits are hot they will be hot. Once they will cool down,they turns crispy.

Pictorial :

Take butter and sugar in a bowl

Beat it well

Add flour

Add salt and baking powder

Add jeera

Mix it well with your finger tips

Now add milk little by little

Form a dough

Place it in a cling wrap

Cover it tightly and refrigerate for 20 minutes

Now dust some flour on clean surface

Roll it

Cut into round shape with cookie cutter

Arrange them in baking tray

Bake them

Enjoy!!!!