Thandai Cookies

Holi is around the corner and entire India above the Vindhyas is talking about Thandai masala powder and sweets n desserts made using it. So, here is my first post on eggless whole wheat and oats flour thandai cookies. You can make these with all purpose flour and increase the amount of butter for a more melt in the mouth cookies. These are crunchy ones because of less butter and the kind of flour used. If you do not have oats flour, simply pulse your regular oats in a mixer and use it. Be more creative and experimental and try to use different combination of flours. You can add finely chopped nuts too for a more bite in your cookies.

I have used a 240 ml cup.

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour 100 gm (3/4 cup)
• Oats flour 25 gm
• Thandai masala powder 3-4 tbsp
• Salt a pinch
• Milk powder 2 tbsp
• Butter 56 gm (1/4 cup)
• Brown sugar 50 gm
• Baking powder a pinch (optional)
• Milk 1-2 tbsp
• Almond slivers as needed

Method:

• Preheat the oven at 160-170 degree Celsius for 10 minutes.
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper and keep it ready.
• Add the measured butter and sugar in a big mixing bowl and create it well using a spatula or an electric beater or using the heel of your palm.
• Make sure the butter becomes light, creamy, fluffy and pale in colour.
• Mix all the dry ingredients well and slowly fold into the butter-sugar mixture.
• Sprinkle the milk (only as much as needed) and combine the ingredients together. Do not knead hard.
• Take small balls of the dough and flatten in your palm and cut into desired shape using a cookie cutter.
• Arrange the cookies on the baking tray leaving some gap between two cookies.
• Sprinkle almond slivers on top and press gently.
• Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 16-18 minutes or more as per your oven temperature.
• Remove the tray from the oven and allow the cookies to remain in the tray for few more minutes.
• Transfer the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow them to cool well.
• Store the cookies in clean and dry airtight containers. I got around 18-19 cookies with the above measurements.