Nutrient rich ragi and almond meal cookies
These ragi and almond meal cookies are light and crunchy in texture and very easy to make at home.
Ingredients
- 100 gm Dry roasted ragi flour
- 25 gm Almond meal
- ¼ cup Fine suji
- 1 tbsp Cornflour
- 50 gm Powdered sugar
- 80 gm Butter
- ¼ tsp Baking powder
- 1 pinch Salt 1 pinch
- Half cut almonds for decoration
Instructions
- Firstly, dry roast the ragi flour for 2-3 minutes to remove the raw smell of it. Keep aside and let it cool down.
- Take a mixing bowl, add dry roasted ragi flour, almond meal, fine suji, powdered sugar, cornflour, baking powder, and salt. Give them a good mix.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 170 Degree Celsius for at least 10 minutes.
- Now add room temp butter in the dry ingredients and mix with fingertips till it combined together and form a dough. Do not knead the dough.
- After that, make small equal size balls out of it and place them on the baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Finally, place a half almond piece on each ball and lightly press it.
- Then bake in the preheated oven for 15-17 minutes or until the corner becomes little hard and light brown but the center will be soft.
- Take out from the oven and keep it on the baking tray for 5 minutes then transfer on to the cooling rack and let them cool completely.
- Once cool down store in an airtight container.
- They stay best up to 2-3 weeks if stored properly.
- Enjoy them at breakfast or as a snack with a cup of milk or hot tea or coffee.
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Notes
1. Dry roasting of ragi flour for few minutes is recommended.
2. Use unsalted butter at room temperature.
3. Almond flour can be used in place of almond meal to get a fine texture.
4. The oven should be preheated for at least 10 minutes before baking.
5. Let the cookies cool completely before storing it in the airtight container.
6. The use of fine sooji is highly recommended.
7. Butter can be replaced with the same amount of ghee to get a rich flavor.
8. Before baking put the balls in the refrigerator for 5-10 minutes to get even shaped cookies.