Tea stall style "S" Biscuits

Few memories will never fade from our mind because almost with every memory we have lots of stories. Like I remember asking my parents to buy a cup of tea from any road side TEA STALL when our parents used to have tea while going for any trip and most of the time my parents used to give me bakery biscuits from the shop. I really love all those fresh bakery biscuits and among all the biscuits my favorite one is “S” shape biscuits. I don’t remember when the last time I had the biscuit. Today from the morning I wanted to prepare some plain flour biscuits so I started searching in the web but did not get any suitable recipe for it so I just made it in my way.

While eating the biscuits with a cup of tea I was floating on my childhood days. This one is a very easy recipe and you gonna love it.

Ingredients:

1.Plain flour: 1 cup.

2.Freshly crushed pepper: ¼ tea spoon.

3.Any seasoning I used Italian seasoning: ¼ tea spoon.

4.Baking powder: ½ tea spoon.

5.Baking soda: a pinch of.

6.Olive oil: ¼ cup.

7.Few fennel seeds.

8.Salt : ¼ tea spoon or as per taste.

9.Sugar: 1 tea spoon.

10.Water ¼ cup if you need more then use slowly.

Process:

Pre heat the oven in 350 degree F or 180 degree C.

Now in a bowl whisked the flour, salt, sugar, crushed pepper, seasoning, fennel seeds, baking powder and soda then mix all nicely.

Now add the oil slowly and mix with the flour mixture.

Now add the enough water to make smooth dough.

Now with the dough make 10 to 12 small balls, now with every ball make some long rope.

Now fold the rope like “S” and this way make all the biscuits like my photo.

Now spread a butter paper on top of the oven proof tray, now place the biscuits on that.

Now bake it for 40 mints, just flip it after 20 mints so both the sides bake properly. Now take out the tray from the oven and place the biscuits in a cold rack.

Enjoy your “S” biscuits with a cup of tea or coffee. 

Custard Powder Cookies:Egg Less.

Baking always gives me a different satisfaction, but still before making anything I really feel nervous. Because if I do anything wrong with cooking can still able to manage that anyhow but in case of baking there is no chance to manage. So you have to be perfect and careful while baking. It’s freezing cold outside and I am running out of cookies at home so I thought to make some easy cookies for my husband and daughter. Actually I am not getting any idea how to make it but while watching a cookery show I got a nice idea of making cookies. 

This recipe is a quick one, anyone can make it within 20 mints, and these cookies made without egg so perfect for vegetarian people also. After making it perfectly I am satisfied from inside. The specialty of the recipe is Custard Powder which is the key ingredients for these cookies, and these cookies are called CUSTARD POWDER COOKIES. 

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 cup.
2.Custard Powder: ½ cup.(I use vanilla flavor)
3.Baking powder: ¾ spoon. 
4.Baking soda: Pinch of. 
5. Sunflower Oil: ¾ cup.
6.Powder sugar: ¾ cup.
7.Vanilla essence: 1 tea spoon

Process:

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, custard powder, baking powder, baking soda).

Mix sugar and oil till it become smooth and creamy; now add this into the powder mixture along with the vanilla essence.

Now make soft dough. Now with the dough make some small balls and help of a fork just press in top of all the balls. Now the balls became little flat.

Pre heat the oven in 170 C, In an over poof tray spread one butter paper first then place the cookies and leave around 3 cm space between each cookies. 

Now bake it in middle rack for 10 to 12 mints. Then take out the cookies from the hot tray and place them in a cool rack.

Your easy and crispy Custard Powder Cookies are ready enjoy with Tea or Coffee.

Choco Walnut Butter Cookies

It’s winter and it’s time to bake and celebrate the season. I want to celebrate every bit of this winter season. Most of the people from America going to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow but here in Canada we celebrate this in October but that time my daughter was not ok so I was not able to make anything special to celebrate this occasion. So I thought to prepare something which can make me feel that it is Thanksgiving here also.

I prepared some simple BUTTER CHOCO WALNUT COOKIES which is a very simple and a perfect treat for us. I don’t know why specially in winter when outside is completely white the baking smell makes the house more perfect. Because of the wind I can’t even open my balcony door. So almost the whole day the house was filled with the smell of the cookies.

Ingredients:
1.All-purpose flour: 1 cup.
2.Butter softened: ½ cup.
3.Grounded sugar: ½ cup.
4.One egg.
5.150 gm choco chip.
6.150 gm chopped walnuts.

Process:

Pre heat the oven in 180C and cover your backing tray with a backing paper.

In a large bowl whisked the butter and sugar first till it become smooth.

Now add the egg and mix nicely.

Now add the flour and mix well.

Now add the chopped walnuts and choco chips and stir to combine.

Now use your hands and make some small balls with the cookies mixture (tablespoonful) .Place the balls in the pre heat tray and make some distance between the cookie balls.

Now bake the cookies in pre heated oven for 15 to 18 mints or till it looks golden.
Now remove the cookies from the tray and place them in a cool rack.

The easy CHOCO WALNUT BUTTER  cookies is ready to celebrate the winter season with a hot cup of coffee or Tea.

Naan Khatai Or An Egg Less Cookie

Today is really a happy day for me because this one is my 100th post in my blog. When I started blogging I thought it’s never going to cross more than 50. It’s really a difficult task for me to maintain a blog with a 14 month old baby but anyhow I am able to manage my duty and passion together.Today I am posting my century recipe. I am really glad and overwhelmed with all the support from my Husband and all my lovely friends, who encouraged me from the beginning. And whenever my friends tell that they cooked my recipe and it turned out really good the feelings is something different. I just want to say my family and friends that just be with me, many more to come. 

Today I made Naankhatai a Cookie without eggs. This Naan Khatai is very famous biscotti in Surat, Gujrat. Very easy to make with only few Ingredients which is easily available at home. And perfect for Tea or Cofee.

This is the first time I prepared something like that, so while making I was really nervous. But the end result is really appreciated. So my Christmas starts with my first baking Biscotti. The taste is really good you can try at home.

Preparation time: 15 mints.
Cooking time: 40 mints.

Ingredients:

1.One cup of all- purpose flower.
2.Half cup of sugar.
3.ne table spoon of Suji or Semolina.
4.A pinch of freshly squished  cardamom , and a pinch of freshly squished Jaifal.
5.One table spoon almond powder.
6.Half tea spoon of Besan or Gram Flower.
7.Half Cup Salted Butter.
8.One to Two tea spoon of warm milk.
9.Few pistachios for garnishing.

Process:

Put all no 1 to 7 ingredients in a bowl as mentioned above and mix well.
Now add the butter and gram flower into it and make dough if needed add one or two tea spoon of warm milk.

 
Now pre heat the oven in 350 degree F. Make some small balls with the dough and place them into a non-greased over proof pan and garnished with pistachios.

 
Now bake it for 10 mints. Now low the heat in 225 degree F and bake for another 12 mints.

Now flip them and bake for another 10 to 12 mints, in between just check it should not be over baked.

Enjoy your Naan KHatai with Tea or Cofee.