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Jeera biscuits recipe | jeera cookies | cumin cookies | zeera biscuits

Jeera biscuits recipe | jeera cookies | cumin cookies | zeera biscuits

blessmyfoodbypayal
jeera biscuits recipe is the easy cookies recipe made with whole wheat flour and cumin seeds
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 25 Biscuits

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 Cup butter
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar or regular powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 +1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
  • 2 tbsp or as per need milk.

Instructions
 

  • Add butter and sugar in a bowl.
  • Whisk them till the butter turns creamy. You can use wire whisk or even a spoon to whisk but it's time taking. Use electric beater if having it.
  • Put a sieve on bowl and add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • Sift the ingredients into the bowl.
  • Add cumin seeds.
  • Using a spetula mix everything well.
  • When everything is incorporated, bring all of them together with your hands to make a dough without kneading. Use milk if feels that mix is not turning into dough.
  • Place the dough on a clean surface and roll it with the help of rolling pin. Grease the surface and rolling pin with oil or butter if dough is sticking.
  • Remove the odd edges with knife or pizza cutter.
  • Cut the flattened dough into small pieces as shown in picture below.
  • Arrange them on a baking tray lined with greased butter paper.
  • Place just a pinch of cumin seeds on all the cookies dough and gently press them.
  • Put the tray in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven @180℃ for 10 minutes.
  • Place the tray in the middle rack of oven with both the rods on for 20 minutes or until they turn slightly golden.
  • Immediately switch off the oven and bring the cookies out.
  • Let them turn completely cool.
  • Jeera cookies are ready. Enjoy.

Notes

  1. butter can be replaced with desi ghee/ clarified butter.
  2. If you feel cookies are not properly baked either from lower or upper side, just bake them slightly more in the respective rack. Means if under baked from top then on top rack, if from lower side, then from low rack.
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