Jeera Biscuits / Cumin Flavored Cookies

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

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   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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