Atta Cookies

 Atta Cookies

No eggs are used to make these cookies, it is crunchy and tasty. Kids will love this cookie. Why to buy it when you can easily make it at home using very few ingredients. The given amount will give you almost 25 cookies. It has a shelf life of about 2 weeks.  You can keep it in fridge, if it stays for a month. You can use vanilla essence or cardamom powder, or you can divide the dough into two and add vanilla to one and cardamom to the other. You can also decorate the cookies with nuts of your choice.

Ingredients

• Atta (whole wheat flour)- 1 ¼ cup

• Baking powder- 1 tsp.

• Salt – ¼ tsp.

• Butter – 100 g

• Sugar – ½ cup

• Milk as required to make the dough

• Vanilla essence/ cardamom powder- 1 tsp.

• Nuts to decorate the cookies

Method

• Take Atta in a big glass bowl, add baking powder and salt and whisk using a manual egg beater until it is mixed well.

• Slice the butter into small cubes and rub it into the Atta till u get a bread crumb consistency.

• Add vanilla essence or cardamom powder.

• Add milk one tea spoon at a time to get a smooth dough.

• Roll it using a rolling pin to almost half centimeter thickness and cut cookies using cookie cutter.

• Decorate the cookies with nuts if desired and arrange it on a greased baking sheet leaving a centimeter space between the cookies.

• Bake it in a 180-degree Celsius preheated oven at about 25 minutes.