Eggless Wholewheat OATS Jaggery Cookies

 

INGREDIENTS
▢ 1 cup atta 130 grams, durum whole wheat flour
▢ 1 cup rolled oats old fashioned, 100 grams
▢ 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
▢ 3/4 teaspoon cardamom
▢ 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
▢ 1/4 teaspoon salt
▢ 1 cup unsalted butter 226 grams, at room temperature
▢ 3/4 cup jaggery powder 96 grams, measured after sifting the jaggery powder
▢ 2-3 tablespoons milk 30-45 ml
▢ 1/4 cup chopped nuts I used chopped cashews and almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius . Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

To a large bowl, add atta, rolled oats, baking powder, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder and salt. Mix until everything is well combined. Set this aside.

Sift powdered jaggery before measuring and using in the recipe. Sifting is important so don't skip it.

To the steel bowl of your stand mixer or use your hand mixer, add room temperature butter and powdered sifted jaggery.

Using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer or using your hand mixer, beat the butter and jaggery until well combined and creamy, for 2 to 3 minutes.

Add milk and mix until combined.
Add in the flour-oats mixture. Mix until it all combines together. Then add in the nuts.

Mix after adding the nuts. The dough will be wet and sticky. That's okay.

Take a small portion from the dough, around 35-40 grams. Roll to form a round shape.

Then press it between your palms to flatten it and make a circle of around 2.5 inch diameter. Repeat with remaining dough and make all the cookies similarly. You will get 13 to 14 cookies.

Arrange all the cookies on the prepared baking sheet. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 18 to 20 minutes. I bake for 20 minutes for crispier edges.

You can even bake for 22 minutes for even crispier cookies.

Remove Oats Jaggery Cookies from the baking sheet and place them on a wire rack to cool completely.

Once cooled, store them in an airtight container. Enjoy with a glass of milk or coffee or chai!

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Homemade Cake Flour

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Many  cake recipes call for cake flour instead of all-purpose (aka plain flour). The short answer is that cake flour is what makes  cakes ultra light and fluffy!  I get tons of questions about whether or not it’s ok to substitute all-purpose flour and while it’s not something I recommend, there is a way to create homemade cake flour using all-purpose. I’ll show you how! 

But, if you're anything like me, you don't always have cake flour on hand. That shouldn't be a problem though. You make cake flour at home with 2 simple ingredients you already have in the pantry.

The Difference Between Cake Flour and All-Purpose Flour

While all-purpose flour is made from a combination of soft and hard wheat, cake flour is made from only soft wheat that’s been milled extra fine. It contains the lowest protein content of all the flours, and in baking, the lower the protein content the softer the texture. The higher the protein content, the more dense and sticky your batter will be, thus the more dense a cake will be after it’s baked. 

Are you measuring your flour correctly?

Try these tips to make sure that it’s perfect every time and that you don’t ever have a sunken cake again!

Fluff up the flour with a fork or spoon.

Use a spoon to add the flour into your dry-cup measure (the one that measures exactly a cup at the top)

Scrape off the excess with the straight edge of a knife.

Professional bakers know that using CAKE FLOUR creates a beautiful crumb and a perfectly perfect cake.

You Will Need:

All-Purpose Flour (also known as Plain Flour)

Cornstarch

Measuring cup (1 Cup)

Measuring spoon (1 Tbsp)

Sifter

Instructions: 

Place 2 Tbsp of cornstarch into a one-cup measuring cup.

Spoon all-purpose flour or plain flour into the measuring cup and level it off to make exactly one cup.
Repeat per the amount of cake flour the recipe calls for, then sift it all together into a large bowl 4-6 times. I know, it’s a lot of sifting, but so worth it! 
You can make large amounts of this cake flour ahead of time and store it in an airtight container in your pantry. This way, you won’t have to repeat the measuring-and-sifting process every time you make a cake. It’s a little more time intensive than buying actual cake flour, but it totally works in a pinch.

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Eggless Ghee biscuits/ Ghee cookies are delicious, aromatic, crunchy and melt in mouth cookies/ biscuits that are super easy to make because it is made with just 3 INGREDIENTS. Yes you heard it right! A very quick to make biscuit/cookie which involves only 5 minutes preparation time and 15 minutes to bake makes a good tea time snack. Also this recipe uses no special ingredients or any tools to prepare it making it a beginner friendly recipe too. So lets get to the making!

ingredients 

1 cup... All purpose flour 

1/2 cup....Ghee

1/2 cup .......Sugar

Method

In a bowl add maida/ all purpose flour, ½ cup powdered sugar and ghee.

Mix well and it will slowly form a soft dough.

Preheat oven at 160 degree c. Now pinch a small portion of cookie dough, make it into a ball and then flatten it gently and keep it aside. Repeat the process till all the cookie/ biscuit dough is complete.

Now place the flattened cookies one by one with enough spacing between each cookie.

Place the baking tray in the oven and bake the cookies/ biscuits for 15 minutes or till cookies are done. When bottom turns light brown remove the biscuits from oven, place it on a cooling tray for it to cool down. When the biscuits have cooled serve them with tea/ coffee and store the remaining cookies in air tight container.