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N ankhatais are the traditional short bread kind of cookies which is popular in India.These cookies are made out of a combination of gram flour,all purpose flour and semolina with butter or ghee with the flavor of cardamom.I got this recipe from one of my neighbor's MIL long back(may be 5years),I have been baking these cookies years and always comes out perfect.Today is the last day of blogging marathon#11,now on to the recipe.... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Besan/gram flour/kadalamaavu 1/2cup All purpose flour(maida) 1/3cup Semolina/rava 1/4cup Butter 1/2cup Sugar 1/2cup Salt a pinch Baking soda a generous pinch Cardamom powder 1/2tsp Almonds and pistachios(sliced) 2tsp to garnish Method                     Mix in together all the flours,baking soda,salt and cardamom powder.Preheat the oven to 375 F. Now cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until fluffy,add in the flour mixture and mix it well to make a soft dough. Now divide the dough into eq

Muffins are my son's favorite breakfast with milk and especially he loves the banana flavor.Whenever I have over ripe bananas, make this one for the next day breakfast or snack.This is the first time I made egg-less version and can be made in 30 minutes,doesn't need any special ingredients.Today is the 6th day of blogging marathon#11,here goes the recipe for egg-less delicious muffins..... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 11/2cups Butter 1/4cup Oil 2tbs Sugar 1/2cup Banana (mashed) 2no.(large) Vanilla extract(optional) 1/2tsp Walnuts(finely chopped) 3tsp Salt a pinch Baking powder 1tsp Baking soda 1/2tsp Method              Preheat the oven to 350 degree F,mix together flour,salt,baking powder and baking soda. Cream the butter,oil,sugar,mashed banana,vanilla extract in a bowl with a hand blender until fluffy and light. Now slowly add the flour  and fold it well until everything gets blend well with a spatula, Stir in the chopped walnuts,

T humbprint cookies are filled with jam or jelly in the indent made by the thumb on the cookies which is perfect for holiday baking and today is the 5th day of blogging marathon.These cookies are simply delicious and crispy,soft,mouth melting with the sweetness of the jam or jelly also called as thimble cookies,here goes the recipe ..... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 1cup Butter 1/2cup Sugar 1/4cup Strawberry jam 2tbs Vanilla extract 1/2tsp Salt a pinch Baking powder 1/2tsp Baking soda a pinch Method                  Mix in the dry ingredients flour,baking powder,soda and a pinch of salt. Cream the butter and sugar till it becomes fluffy and smooth,add in the vanilla extract and mix it well. Now add in the flour 1/4 cup at a time and mix it well everything is incorporated well. Now the dough will be very soft.Wrap it in a polythene wrap or butter paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Take out the dough and divide into equal balls and

For the 4th day of blogging marathon I made the peanut butter cookies which is my son's favorite cookie.This is an easy to make egg-less peanut butter cookies which is simple and crunchy with the flavor of peanut.This cookie I learned it from my close friend and when I made it first time I was not quiet happy with the texture,it was bit hard.But this time it came out perfect and now to the recipe.... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 2cups Butter/Vegetable shortening 1cup Sugar 1cup Peanut butter 3/4cup Vanilla extract 1/2tsp Salt a pinch Baking powder 1tsp Baking soda 1/2tsp Milk 1/2cup Method                       Preheat the oven to 375 degree F and grease the baking tray or line it with a parchment paper. Beat the butter,sugar first then peanut butter until soft and creamy. Now add the flour,salt,baking powder and soda and mix it well.Add the milk and stir it well till everything mixed well. Roll the dough to a smooth ball,keep i

                           Wishing you all a Happy Christmas I cebox cookies are often called as refrigerator cookies,since the cookie dough is rolled into a log and refrigerated till it becomes firm then sliced and baked. The  original recipe is with egg,candied cherries since my family doesn't like the smell of cherries I made it with candied orange peel once for my son's party in school without nuts and eggs(due to allergy).To replace the eggs I used baking soda and used an extra pinch of baking powder,milk.Today I made this cookies with tutty frutty and pistachios,these cookies are simply addictive,crunchy,perfect for holiday baking.Here goes the recipe... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 1cup Butter/Vegetable shortening 1/2cup Sugar 1/2cup Pistachios(chopped) 2tbs Tutty frutty 3tbs Vanilla extract 1/2tsp Salt a pinch Baking powder 1/2tsp+a pinch Baking soda 1/8tsp Method                                In a bowl add the sugar an