Almond cookies

                     Almond cookies made from whole wheat flour make a great tea time snack.

              These almond cookies are both nutritious and delicious and very easy to make. Substituting plain flour with whole wheat flour in this recipe makes these cookies fiber dense, and since we are using whole wheat flour and not the refined one makes it even more nutrient dense. Almonds provide with Vitamin E and antioxidants. While I have used powdered sugar you can safely replace it with brown sugar but remember to adjust the amount to suit your liking.

            
             Previously in my kids summer vacation special series I had shared the recipe of Kaju badam biscuits do check it out. You may also like to try Jeera biscuits and Tutti frutti biscuits from My Mom's Kitchen. Now onto today's recipe :-

Ingredients:

1. Whole wheat flour - 3/4th cup
2. Almond powder - 1/4th cup
3. Almonds - 10 to 12 nos
4. Powdered sugar - 2 to 3 tbsp
5. Butter - 1/4th cup
6. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Salt - 1/8th tsp
8. Milk - 2 to 3 tbsp

Method:

• Soak the above mentioned 10 to 12 almonds in water for about half an hour. Peel and sliver. Keep aside.
• For almond powder - Take about 10 to 15 almonds in a grinder and grind to get a coarse powder. Add this almond powder to whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl.
• Add rest of the ingredients except milk. Mix well to combine.
• Add milk little by little and form a dough. No need to knead, just bring it all together.
• Next, using a cookie cutter or manually shape the cookies in the desired form.
• Now take the slivered almonds and add it to the cookies on top.
• Grease a baking tray and arrange the cookies on it.

 

• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for 15 minutes or till they change to golden in colour. (Keep an eye on the oven after about 12 minutes as every oven settings are different)
• Remove to a plate. The cookies will turn crisper with time.

 

                         This was the first time I was using whole wheat flour for baking and as this was an experiment I have used very little quantities however, if you are confident then you can double the quantity to yield more cookies. And I'm happy to share that my experiment was quite successful and next time I bake these goodies I will make more than enough to fill our cravings.

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