Thursday, August 22, 2013

Butter Cookies/Venna Biscuits


This is one of my favorite cookies in my childhood. My mom used to prepare this for us for atleast once in every 2 weeks :) As we grownup n settled in different places, we don't have much time to go back to our home town an had a chance to eat mom made biscuits ;)


So this time i tried by my own with my mom's help. So, the output came nice but the taste is not same as my mom made. Anyways i am posting the recipe for this in the blog.. Have a try ;) .


Ingredients :


All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup

Powdered Sugar - 3/4 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tspn
Ghee / Butter - 1/2 cup
Baking Powder - 2 pinches
Cashews - 12

Cook Time - 20 mins

Prep Time - 20 mins
Total Time - 40 mins

Procedure :



  • Take a mixing bowl, add maida, sugar, cardamom powder, baking powder and mix well by adding ghee.
  • Make small size ball n tap on the ball to get a round shaped biscuits and press cashews on each biscuit.
  • Take the oven safe plate and place the biscuits by applying a drop butter to the plate.
  • Bake them in oven at 375F for 15 to 20 mins.
  • After 20 mins switchoff the oven and keep them inside for some time (here you can see that the biscuits are slightly cracked n the base will be in golden brown) and serve as evening snack :)


The dough makes 10 to 12 biscuits.



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