Jam biscuits

Intro:

Its raining since past three days and I was busy doing my embroidery for the last cushion .I was wondering how these jam biscuits are made.  I remember lavishing them since my childhood. As I scrolled over my recipe book ,I got this recipe which I had copied few years back but had no time to bake. As this recipe called for egg and I didn't have any, I preferred using milk. Hope you all will love this recipe.

Jam biscuits

Ingredients:

Refined flour 200 gms
Sugar 100 gms
Butter 100 gms
Milk 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon
Mixed fruit jam 2 teaspoon

Recipe:

 Powder the sugar. Mix the flour,sugar and butter with gentle hands until they look like breadcrumbs. Add vanilla essence and mix well. Now add milk 1 teaspoon at a time and mix. The mixture should form a soft dough. So remember that excess milk will make the dough sticky to handle. Use milk only as required.  Roll this dough into a cylinder and wrap with a cling film.  Keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. Preheat the oven at 180 c for 5 minutes. Take your dough off the fridge and remove the cling film.  Cut 1/2 inch circular discs of the cylindrical dough. Give it a proper round . Make a depression in the middle  of the disc using your little finger. Using a pointed knife spoon little jam into this depression . Place them on a baking tray. Bake it in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes. If you see the biscuits are brown before the mentioned time remove them from the oven. Baking always depends upon the size of the biscuit. Cool them completely on a wire rack. The biscuits may be soft when hot ,but don't worry, once cool they will be crispy.

Note: Always refrigerate the cookie dough for at least 2 hours. This will help you get good shape and avoid  the fat of the dough sticking your palms.

 Consume them only after they have reached room temperature. Warm biscuits will be soft.

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Tutti fruti loaf

Intro:

This is one of the simplest cake  I have ever prepared and tastes so yummy. Kids enjoy this cake as they love the taste and colour of tutti fruti bits. I have used flax seeds instead of eggs,You may use egg as well :) Bake this cake and enjoy with your kids.

Tutti fruti loaf

Ingredients:

Refined flour( maida) 120 grams

Butter 100 grams

Powdered Sugar 100 grams

Flax seeds powder 2 tablespoons

Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon

Baking soda1/2 teaspoon

Vanilla essence1 teaspoon

Tutti fruti 1/2 cup

 Milk as required

Recipe:

Mix the flax seeds powder in 1/2 cup of water and keep aside. Add a teaspoon of flour to the tutti fruti and mix well.Grease the loaf tin with butter on all four sides. Sprinkle some refined flour and shake the tin so that the refined flour sticks the butter greased all over the tin.  Sieve refined flour ,baking powder,baking soda. Cream the butter and powdered sugar. Add essence and mix well. Now add the flax seed paste and mix well. Add the flour ,few spoons at a time . If you find the batter thick ,add some milk. The batter should form a ribbon when poured back into the mixing bowl. Now mix half of the tutti fruti into the batter and mix. Pour into the greased pan. Top it with the remaining tutti fruti . Bake in a preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.

Note:   By adding flour to the tutti fruti ,they will not sunk in the loaf pan and will stay sticked to the batter.

Flax seeds when mixed with water will form a rubbery paste. This will make the cake fluffier.

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Savoury biscuits

Intro:

Rainy season is so beautiful.Its so nice to see the garden turn completely green . This is a season of food cravings ,some fried,some spicy and hot.These savoury biscuits are low fat ,easy to prepare and tastes so good.

Savoury biscuits

 Ingredients:

Refined flour 1 cup

Butter 1/3 cup

 Salt 1 teaspoon

Pepper powder 1 teaspoon

Jeera (cumin) 1/2 teaspoon

Dry mint leaves ,crushed 1 teaspoon( optional)

Milk few teaspoons

Makes 18-20 biscuits

Recipe:

Mix  salt,pepper powder,cumin,dry mint leaves and refined flour. Add butter and mix to resemble fine breadcrumbs. Add few teaspoons of milk to form a  semi soft dough . Wrap it in a cling film.Refrigerate for 2 hours. Take it out of the refrigerator and remove the cling film. Roll it over a greased surface until 1/2  inch thick. Cut into squares.  Arrange these biscuits in a baking tray. Bake it in a pre heated oven for 8-10 minutes. The biscuits will be soft when taken out of the oven. Once cool, they will be crisp.

Note: Allow the dough to be in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.As the butter in the dough hardens while in refrigerator, rolling process will be easy.

P.s:- The biscuits should be cooled completely  before consuming,else they will be soft and may not taste well. 

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