Chocolate Between Cardamom Cookies

Hi friends, these cookies I made last night for my daughters, my elder one likes Chocolate cookies and my younger one loves cardamom cookies, so I decided to make these cookies, so that both will get happy. Have a look on recipe, hope your kids also like them............. let's make it

Preparation time :- 20 min.                              Cooking time :- 18 - 20 min per batch

Makes :- 36 cookies

Ingredients :-

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oats flour
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup powdered sugar and cardamom 1/2 teaspoon or 4 pods
2.5 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Mix wheat flour, oats flour, salt. baking powder and soda in a mixing bowl.

2. In separate bowl cream (mix till smooth paste) powdered sugar and butter.

3. Start adding flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture slowly slowly without lumps to form a cookie dough.

4. Divide dough in half.

5. Mix cocoa powder in half dough.

6. Now you have half cardamom and half chocolate cookies dough.

7. Spread cardamom dough on a flat surface and keep chocolate dough on it, and cover it to form a roll.

7. Cut the roll in equal 1/2 inch thick.

8. Transfer them to cookie sheet and press little bit with fork.

9. Bake them in Preheated oven at 180 C for 15 - 18 min., till golden brown.

10. Cool them on cooling rack and store in air tight container up to 20 -25 days.

Whole Wheat cardamom cookies

These cookies are so yummy and healthy too. My little daughter is a picky eater, but she loves these cookies very much and I always keep them in stock, because it requires only normal ingredients to make...... hope you all love them.....

Preparation time :- 20 min.                                                   Cooking time :- 20 min.

Makes :- 30 Cookies


Ingredients:--

1 1/2 Cups wheat flour
1/2 Cup quick oats
1/4 Cup soybean flour
1/4 Cup gram flour
1/2 Cup powdered sugar or granulated sugar
3/4 cup butter softened (I used unsalted)
1/2 tsp of cardamom powder or 4-6 pods
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 Tbs yogurt if required
1/4 tsp salt

Procedure :--

1. Preheat Oven at 180 C for 10 min.
2. In case you are using granulated sugar and cardamom pods, powder them together in a grinder.
3. Shift wheat flour, gram flour, baking powder and soda together.
4. Mix oats, soybean flour, salt and cardamom powder to the flour mixture.
5. In separate bowl cream powdered sugar and butter.
6. Now mix dry ingredients to wet ingredients, slowly slowly to form a soft dough without over mixing, add yogurt if dough is too dry.
7. Make 1.5 inch diameter ball and press them slightly with fork and bake them for 12-15 minutes.
8. Turnover cookies and bake them for more 4-5 minutes till golden brown.


Note:--

1. you can add any combination of dry fruits, my daughter doesn't like them.
2. I do my baking in LG convection oven hence it take 4-5 min. more for perfect brown cookies in comparison to gas ovens or OTG.
3. Crispiness of cookies depends on amount of sugar and butter added.

Please comment................... :-))

Buttermilk Biscuits Mini Pizza

I was feeling little bit hungry by 4 pm and had some soft buttermilk biscuits, leftover mix veg and grated cheese. So I decided to make some mini pizza with Tea.

Preparation time :- 10 min.                                Cooking time :- 5 min.

Serves :-  2

Ingredients:--

2 Buttermilk biscuits

2 Tbs Tomato sauce

3 Tbs grated cheese or cheese slice

Mix veg (I used leftover)

1. Cut two whole wheat buttermilk biscuits in half width wise. 

2. Put tomato sauce on each biscuit.

Put mix veg and grated cheese. Grill for 5 minutes or till cheese melts.

Now enjoy with Cup of tea..........

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

Hi, Today I made Buttermilk biscuits but not using All purpose flour, with whole wheat flour for my kids and my especially for my papa who is diabetic. Hope you all like it.

Preparation time :- 15 min.                                 Cooking time :- 20 min.
 
Makes :- 18 Biscuits

Ingredients :--

2 Cups whole wheat flour
1 Cup buttermilk
2 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Baking soda
80 gms cold butter cut into pieces
1/2 Tbs salt

Procedure:---

1.  Preheat oven at 450 F (230 C) for 10 minutes. Take 1 3/4 cups flour, leave 1/4 cup flour dusting dusting later. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt to the flour and mix well.

2.  Add chilled and cubed butter to the and start mixing with your finger tips till you get bread crumbs like consistency.

3. Now mix buttermilk to the flour and start mixing with fork till its gathers as big ball.

4. Dust flour on flat surface and put dough on it and roll it with your hands to cover the flour.

5. Now pat with your hand and flat the dough to a rough rectangle shape.

6. Fold it in three and pat again to form a rectangle. Do this three times.

7. Now flat the dough to 1 inch thick rectangle and cut biscuits with the help of cookie cutter or small glass.

8. Put them on baking sheet and bake them for 13 - 15 min or till fully baked at 230 C.

9. Cool the biscuit on cooling tray and enjoy with Tea.

Note:-- 

1. I made these biscuits in LG convection microwave. Results may differ in other baking applainces.
2. These are crispy outside and soft and flaky from inside.