Jeera Biscuits Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain flour
  • ½ cup butter – 100g
  • ½ cup powder sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • Pinch of baking soda
  • Pinch of salt

Procedure:

  1. Take a large bowl and put the butter and sugar in it.
  2. Mix it well with the help of electric whisker
  3. Whisk until it becomes creamy
  4. Add flour, cumin, 1 pinch of salt and 1 pinch of baking soda in above mixture and make the dough
  5. If the dough seems to be drained, add 1-2 spoons of milk and make nice smooth dough
  6. Keep the dough aside for 5-10 minutes covered with damp cloth.
  7. Now the dough is ready and we can start making cookies.
  8. Take the board (Chakla) and spread bit of dry flour on the top of it.
  9. Then take some of the dough and make the balls (loiya) out of it.
  10. Then make the circular sheet of 1/2 cm by rolling the balls using rolling pin (Belan)
  11. Now cut the cookies using cookie cutters or the lid of the bottle or a bowl or glass.
  12. Put all cookies on baking tray
  13. Preheat oven at 180 centigrade then Place the cookie tray in the oven. Set the oven timer for 10-12 minutes.
  14. After 10 minutes, check if cookies are baked properly. If not, bake again for 2-3 minutes until they turn golden brown. Do not overcook.
  15. Finally get the tray out of oven and let the Cookies cool down. Cookies are now ready.
  16. These cookies should keep in the airtight container and can be eaten up to 1 month.