CHOCOLATE COOKIE / WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR CHOCOLATE COOKIE

These chocolate cookies are full of chocolate indulgence. Previously I made chocolate chip cookies with chewy and soft texture.

This time I tried making with melted dark chocolate. They taste super yum and have little crunchy and little soft texture. The best thing as always is it's made with whole wheat flour.
Do try and enjoy these tasty and easy to make chocolate cookies.


INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder


1/4 cup melted chocolate (I used Morde dark compound)
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1-2 tbsp milk if required

METHOD
1. Sift together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.

2. In a separate bowl, beat together sugar and butter till light and creamy. Add melted chocolate to it.

3. Add sifted flour. Mix well.


4. If the dough is too dry and you are not able to make dough add milk and combine. I didn't use milk.

5. Combine everything together.

6. Make balls, flatten it between your palm. Top with some chopped chocolate.

7. Bake in preheated oven at 170�C for 10 minutes.

8. Let it cool completely on rack.

9. Enjoy these whole wheat soft and chewy cookies with a glass of milk.

Pictorial:









1. Sift together flour, cocoa powder and soda.











2. Beat together sugar and butter till creamy and light.

3. Add melted chocolate.

4. Add in flour.










5. Mix well.

6. Combine to make a dough.

7. Make balls and flatten them between your palm.

8. Bake at 170�C for 10 minutes.

9. Enjoy with warm glass of milk.

10. Closer look.


















11. Do try!!

BESAN NANKHATAI / BESAN KHATAI / GRAM FLOUR SUPER SOFT COOKIES

Nankahatai is a very famous Indian cookie. It's relished mainly for it's melt in mouth texture. I have published the recipe of traditional nankhatai.

After posting nankhatai, here I am with besan Khatai post which is all the more healthy and tasty. 

Do try this yummy and healthy recipe which is made with Besan and whole wheat flour with pure homemade desi ghee.

Time to relish our roots.


INGREDIENTS 
3/4 cup Besan (Gram flour)


1/4 cup whole wheat flour (Atta)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup semi- solid desi ghee (clarified butter) or softened butter 
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cardamom powder (elachi powder)

METHOD
1. Mix together ghee and sugar. Whisk well until creamy and combined.

2. Add besan, atta, cardamom powder and baking soda.

3. Mix and combine everything well. Keep it in fridge for 10 minutes.

4. By that time pre-heat oven at 170�C.

5. Make lemon sized balls and bake at 170�C for 12-15 minutes.

6. Let cookies cool down completely else it will break.

7. Don't be tempted to have it till it cools down completely.

8. These cookies are very soft and melt in mouth with little crunchy base.

Pictorial:

1. Mix together ghee and sugar.












2. Beat till well incorporated and creamy.

3. Add besan, Atta, elachi powder and soda.

4. Combine all the ingredients to form a dough.












5. Make lemon sized balls.

6. Place on lined baking tray and top with some crushed pistachios.

7. Bake at 170�C for 12-15 minutes.

8. Beauties. 

 9. These are super soft melt in mouth.

10. Enjoy!!

BERRY PISTACHIO COOKIES / WHOLE WHEAT BERRY COOKIES

Summer holidays mean loads of fun and masti. The holidays have begun and kids start demanding more and more. I had big packets of both cranberry and blueberry. I wanted to make something different for kids with it.

So tried my hands on beery cookies. First I tried making pistachio and cranberry cookie, it was quite good then tired hands on both cranberry, blueberry and pistachio...trust me it turned out amazingly yummy. The berry in each bite makes it simply irresistible. 

The best part is, it is made with whole wheat flour....no maida...which makes it all the more healthy. 

Do try out today and share with your family and friends, they gonna love it......


INGREDIENTS
1 cup whole wheat flour (Atta)
1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup chopped pistachio, dried blueberries and dried cranberry

METHOD
1. Mix together butter and sugar, and whisk it well till creamy and pale with the help of hand whisk or hand beater.

2. Add flour and mix well.

3. Add chopped pistachio, blueberries and cranberries.

4. Combine all the ingredients to make soft dough.

5. If you find any difficulty in combining the ingredients add 1-2 tsp milk.

6. Roll the the dough in log shape and wrap in cling film.

7. Keep the log in fridge for 2-3 hours.

8. Remove the cling film after 2 hours and slice them.

9. Keep on baking tray lined with parchment paper.

10. Bake at 170�C for 10-12 minutes.

11. Let your kids enjoy with milk.

Pictorial:

1. Mix together butter and sugar.

2. Beat till becomes creamy and pale.










3. Add flour.

4. Add chopped pistachios and cranberry.

5. Combine together to make a dough.

6. Make a log.

7. Wrap in cling film.

8. Cut into slices and place on lined baking tray.

9. Bake at 170�C for 10-12 minutes.

 10. It's done.













 11. These are super tasty cookies...













12. And super crunchy.

KAJU PISTA COOKIES / CASHEW PISTACHIO COOKIES / KAJU PISTA BISCUIT / ATTA PISTA COOKIES / WHOLE WHEAT PISTACHIO CAHSHEW COOKIES

These cashew-pistachio cookies were in my try list for a long time, my younger son is crazy about cookies, and I avoid having market made cookies due to maida, and preservatives. 

And whatever it is, home-made cookies not only it fills your house with aroma but it tastes heavenly too.

I enjoyed making these simple and super yum and crunchy cookies and my kids loved having it. If your kids are crazy about cookies then these are must try as it is made with whole wheat flour and are crunchy like market made.


INGREDIENTS
1 cup whole wheat flour (Atta)
1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 tsp cardamom powder (elachi powder)
1/4 cup chopped cashews (kaju) and pistachio
1-2 tsp milk  (if required)


METHOD
1. Mix together sugar and butter. Beat well till creamy and pale.

2. Add whole wheat flour.

3. Add cardamom powder.

4. Mix well.

5. Add chopped cashews and pistachios.

6. Start combining all the ingredients.

7. If you find difficulty in combining the ingredients, add one teaspoon of milk.

8. Combine and make a log giving it an oval shape or round shape as desired.

9. Wrap it in cling film and keep in fridge for 2 hours.

10. After 2 hours cut the log in thin slices.

11. Place it on lined baking tray. Bake at 170�C for 12 minutes. Keep an eye after 10 minutes once you see the edges turning brown it's done.

Pictorial:

1. Mix together butter and sugar.

2. Beat it will till creamy and pale. Add flour.

3. Add cashews and pistachios.













4. Add milk if required ( teaspoon at a time).

5. Make a dough and roll it in rectangular log. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

6. After 2 hours slice in equal shape.

7. Place on lined baking tray and bake at 170 �C for 10-12 minutes.

8. It's done.

9. You can enjoy it for 15-30 days.

FLOWER COOKIES / WHISK COOKIES / NUTELLA FILLED COOKIES

These cookies are indeed a treat for eyes specially for kids, it took this idea from some random share and filled nutella in the design cavity.

To make these cookies you don't need any special cookie cutter or any particular blocks, it's made with easily available whisk which these days mostly everyone have at home

Unlike chewy choco-chip cookies or choco filled cookies these cookies turns out to be crunchy and crispy if balls made in smaller size. 

So let's begin with these easy, crispy and crunchy cookies.

Serves: 12-13 cookies

INGREDIENTS 
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter (room temperature) 

1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp milk
cocoa powder for printing
whisk for making design
1/4 cup Nutella for filling

METHOD
1. Mix sugar and softened butter. Beat well till it's pale in colour using hand beater or whisker.

2. Add flour mix well.

3. Once flour is well incorporated add 1 tbsp milk. If required add more to make smooth non-sticky dough.

4. Wrap the dough in cling film and keep in freezer for 10-15 minutes.

5. While dough is resting in freezer pre-heat oven at 160�C.

6. Take a small part of dough (around lemon size) and roll it.

7. Keep it on lined baking tray.

8. Take hand whisk dip in cocoa powder well, making sure it's coated well on all the wires of whisk.

9. Dust extra cocoa powder by banging it with very little hand (or the complete cocoa powder will shed off)

10. Dig in placed cookie.

11. Bake it in pre-heated oven at 160�C for 10 minutes. For extra crunch bake for 12-13 minutes.

12. Let all the cookies cool down completely.

13. Fill nutella in piping bag, using the smallest hole nozzle, fill nutella in maked flowers.

14. Your kids are just gonna love it!!

Pictorial:

1. Mix sugar and butter.

2. Beat well till pale in colour.

3. Add flour.

4. Beat well.

5. Add 1 tbsp milk.

6. Using hands make soft dough.

7. Wrap the dough in cling film.









8. Dig the whisk in cocoa powder.

9. Press the whisk in center of lemon sized cookie.









10. All done to go in oven.









11. After 10 minutes.

12. Crispy crunch cookies are done.















13. Closer look.












14. Fill the piping bag with nutella using small hole nozzle.

15. Fill in the center.

16. Cookies with filled nutella.
















17. Closer look!! Wanna Have one?