Valentines Day Special Butter Cookies /വാലന്റൈൻസ് ഡേ സ്‌പെഷ്യൽ ബട്ടർ കുക്കീസ്‌

Valentines Day Wishes To All!!!!!!

Maida: 1 Cup

Powdered Sugar: 1/2 Cup

Unsalted Butter: 1/2 Cup

Vanilla Essence: 1/4 Tea Spoon

Red Food Color : 2 - 3 Drops 

Salt: 1 Pinch 

Beat butter and sugar until smooth

To this add all purpose flour little by little and mix it with a spoon

Add vanilla essence, food color and salt and mix well

Use your hands and knead it to a smooth dough

Cover the dough and refrigerate it for some time

Preheat the oven to 150 C

Roll out the dough and using a cookie cutter cut the cookies to the desired shape.

Arrange the cookies on a baking tray and bake for about 10 to 12 minutes at 150 C

Remove from oven and let it cool well

Drizzle some sugar glaze on top. (Optional)

Serve with tea or coffee.

മൈദ: 1 കപ്പ്

പൊടിച്ച പഞ്ചസാര: 1/2 കപ്പ്

ഉപ്പില്ലാത്ത വെണ്ണ: 1/2 കപ്പ്

വാനില എസെൻസ്: 1/4 ടീ സ്പൂൺ

റെഡ് ഫുഡ് കളർ : 2 - 3 തുള്ളികൾ

ഉപ്പ്: 1 നുള്ള്

വെണ്ണയും പഞ്ചസാരയും കൂടെ നന്നായി ബീറ്റ് ചെയ്യുക.

ഇതിലേക്ക് കുറച്ചു കുറച്ചായി മൈദ ചേർത്തു നന്നായി മിക്സ് ചെയ്യുക 

വാനില എസ്സെൻസ്, ഫുഡ് കളർ ഉപ്പ് എന്നിവ ചേർത്ത് നന്നായി ഇളക്കുക

ശേഷം കൈ വെച്ചു നന്നായി ഒന്ന് കുഴച്ചെടുക്കുക. 

 ഒരു കവറിൽ പൊതിഞ്ഞു കുറച്ച് സമയം ഫ്രിഡ്ജിൽ വെക്കുക

ഓവൻ 150 C പ്രേഹീറ്റ് ചെയ്യാൻ വെക്കുക

മാവ് പരത്തി കുക്കി കട്ടർ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഇഷ്ട്ടമുള്ള ഷേപ്പിൽ കട്ട് ചെയ്ത് ബേക്കിംഗ് ട്രേയിൽ വെച്ച് 150 C ഇൽ 10 - 12 മിനിറ്റ് ബേക്ക് ചെയ്യുക

ഓവന്നിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തെടുത്തു നന്നായി തണുത്ത ശേഷം വേണമെങ്കിൽ കുറച്ചു ഷുഗർ ഗ്ലേസ് മുകളിൽ ഇട്ട് കൊടുക്കാം.

ചൂട് ചായക്കോ കാപ്പിക്കൊപ്പമോ സെർവ് ചെയ്യാം.

Homemade Bourbons / Chocolate Cream Biscuits

Loved making this biscuits...Trust me you will never buy Bourbons once you make this at home..
Video in Malayalam will in uploaded in our Fb page https://www.facebook.com/anjusrecipebook/

Ingredients

For Biscuit
All Purpose Flour / Maida: 3/4 cup
Butter: 4 Table Spoon
Powdered Sugar: 1/4 Cup
Coco Powder: 2 Table Spoon
Milk: 2 Table Spoon

For Cream Filling
Butter: 2 Table Spoon
Powdered Sugar: 1/2 Cup
Coco Powder: 2 Tea Spoon
Milk: 1/2 Tea Spoon

Baking Time: 12 - 15 Minutes per batch
Method

To a bowl add butter and sugar and cream it well

Combine coco powder and all purpose flour

To the butter mix add all purpose flour mix and milk in batches and make a dough
You don`t have to knead the dough. Just have to combine everything well.
Cover with a cling film or aluminium foil and refrigerate it for 20 minutes

Preheat the oven at 180 C for 10 minutes
Roll the dough to a slight thick sheet

You can place the dough between 2 sheets of butter/wax/parchment paper for easy rolling

Using a cookie cutter or knife cut rectangular shaped cookies out of it.

Using a fork prick on the rectangle shaped cookie dough

This is done to give it a bourbon biscuit effect

Bake in a preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes
Once done take it out of the oven and let it cool well

For the cream filling take all the ingredients mentioned under cream filling

Combine well and your filling is ready

Once the biscuits are cooled well apply some cream filling on one biscuit and keep another biscuit on top like a sandwich (Do not do this when the biscuits are hot )

That`s it your bourbons are ready.

Note:

From this quantity of ingredients i got around 28 biscuits. 

Tutti Frutti Cookies

A perfect snack for evening tea!!!

Ingredients

Self Raising Flour: 1¼ Cup
Powdered Sugar: 1/2 Cup
Tutti Frutti: 1/4 Cup
Butter: 1/4 Cup
Vanilla Essence: 1 Tea Spoon
Milk: 1 Table Spoon

Preparation Time: 1 Hour
Cooking Time: 20 Minutes

Beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy

I added few chopped cashew and raisins along with tutti frutti

To the butter sugar mixture add flour, vanilla essence, and tutti frutti mix

Combine well and form a dough.  Do not knead more, just combine and make dough.Add a table spoon of milk if required

Roll this to a log and then cover it with a cling film and keep in fridge for minimum 1 hour

After 1 hour preheat the oven at 170
Cut the cookie dough in 1 cm thick pieces

Place a butter paper on a cookie tray and place the cookies on it leaving some space in between

Bake at 170 C for 12 to 15 minutes until cookies start to become light brown in color
Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely
Once cooled well store in airtight containers

Note
Once the cookie is out of the oven it will be very soft.  So let it cool well before taking it from the baking tray
Baking time may vary depending on the oven, so adjust it accordingly

Oats Cookies ( No Butter / No Oil / No Sugar / No Egg )

For all who are on dieting!!!!

Ingredients

Oats: 1 Cup
Wheat Flour: 3 Table Spoon
Honey: 1/4 Cup
Chopped Nuts: 3 Table Spoon
Baking Powder: 1/4 Tea Spoon

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
Method

Grind the oats to a coarse powder

To this add chopped nuts, wheat flour and baking powder

Mix everything well and then add honey

Combine well and make a dough

Cover using a cling film and keep it in fridge for 10 minutes
Preheat the oven at 180C
Take small portions out of the dough and shape it and place it on a baking tray

Bake for 20 minutes at 180 C
Once the cookies are baked take it out and cool it completely
Store in air tight containers

Note: 

Baking time may vary depending on the oven, so adjust it accordingly
While keeping the cookies for baking leave some space in between as cookies will expand while baking

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lets make some yummy cookies....

Ingredients

All Purpose flour/Maida: 2 Cups
Butter: 1/2 Cup (In room temperature)
Powdered Sugar: 1/2 Cup
Baking Powder: 1/2 Tea Spoon
Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips: 1/2 Cup
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice: 4 Table Spoon
Orange Zest: 1/2 Table Spoon
Salt: 1 pinch

Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Method

Preheat the oven to 150 C
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside
In a bowl beat powdered sugar and butter until it becomes fluffy
Add orange juice, orange zest and combine well
Now add the sifted flour mix and fold in gently
Use your hands and knead it to a smooth dough
Add chocolate chips and mix well

Roll out small gooseberry sized balls out of the dough and roll it well and press it slightly with your palms
Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top. (Optional)
Arrange the cookies on a baking tray and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes at 150 C

Remove from oven and let it cool well
Serve with tea or coffee.

Note:
While keeping the cookies for baking leave some space in between as cookies will expand while baking
Baking time may vary depending on the oven, so adjust it accordingly

Easy Butter Cookies

Delicious!!!!!!!!

Ingredients

All Purpose flour/Maida: 1 Cup
Powdered Sugar: 1/2 Cup
Unsalted Butter: 1/2 Cup
Vanilla Powder: 1/4 Tea Spoon
Salt: 1 Pinch

Cooking Time: 10 Minutes 
Method

Preheat the oven to 150 C
Beat butter and sugar until smooth
To this add all purpose flour little by little and mix it with a spoon
Add vanilla powder and salt and mix well
Use your hands and knead it to a smooth dough
Roll out small gooseberry sized balls out of the dough and roll it well and press it slightly with your palms

Arrange the cookies on a baking tray and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes at 150 C

Remove from oven and let it cool well
Serve with tea or coffee.

Note:
You can make just plain cookies or can place a raisin or almond or cashew on top of the cookie and bake it
While keeping the cookies for baking leave some space in between as cookies will expand while baking