Besan Nankhatai/Gram Flour cookies

Nankhatais are the traditional short bread kind of cookies which is popular in India.These cookies are made out of a combination of gram flour,all purpose flour and semolina with butter or ghee with the flavor of cardamom.I got this recipe from one of my neighbor's MIL long back(may be 5years),I have been baking these cookies years and always comes out perfect.Today is the last day of blogging marathon#11,now on to the recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Besan/gram flour/kadalamaavu	1/2cup
All purpose flour(maida)	1/3cup
Semolina/rava	1/4cup
Butter	1/2cup
Sugar	1/2cup
Salt	a pinch
Baking soda	a generous pinch
Cardamom powder	1/2tsp
Almonds and pistachios(sliced)	2tsp to garnish

Method

Mix in together all the flours,baking soda,salt and cardamom powder.Preheat the oven to 375 F.
Now cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until fluffy,add in the flour mixture and mix it well to make a soft dough.

Now divide the dough into equal portions and smooth out each portion and make a round ball then slightly flatten it.Make a cross with a knife or fork on the flatten dough.

Press few pieces of nuts gently.Arrange it on a greased or lined baking try and bake it for 10-12 minutes or golden color at 375 F.Cool it on a wire rack.

Store it in an air tight container.

Enjoy................

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Also sending this to Bake Fest#2,Let's Cook-Baked Goodies,Christmas delicacy.

Sumber http://www.naliniscooking.com

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