Belated Valentine cookies

Hello friends,It has been long time I did not post anything. I was struck down again by network problems and few other personal works . These cookies I made for the valentines day. I have been little bit successful when trying out new dishes. But I always have a tough time when making sugar cookies and choco chip cookies.Whenever I make these two cookies I end up with mini pancake or uthappam..But this recipe comes out pretty good even in the first attempt. Ingredients Sugar - 1 cup Butter - 10 tblsp Egg - 1 Vanilla essence - 1 tsp Baking powder - 1/2 tsp salt - 1/2 tsp All purpose flour - 2 cups

• Whisk flour , salt and baking powder together.
• Beat sugar and butter in a big bowl for 3 min.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Fold the dry ingredients in 3 batches.
• Divide the dough into two balls and roll into 6 " inch discs.
• Cover and refrigerate for 2 hrs.
• Arrange the cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Pre heat the oven to 350 F.
• Roll one disc at a time into 1/8 '' circle .
• Cut into desired shapes.
• Sprinkle colored sugar.Bake for 9-11 min.
• Cool down in a wire rack.

Cream Wafers

I made this biscuits from Betty crocker's cookie book.

Turns out so delicious and it is very easy to make too.

Ingredients

All - Purpose flour - 2 cups

Butter - 1 cup

Whipping cream - 1/3 cup

sugar

Method

• Mix flour , butter and whipping cream with spoon.
• Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hr or until firm.
• Heat oven to 375 F.
• Roll one third of dough at a time 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface.
• Keep remaining dough refrigerate until ready to roll.
• Cut into 1 1/2 inch rounds.
• Generously cover large piece of waxed paper with sugar.
• Transfer rounds to waxed paper .
• Turn each round to coat both sides.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet .Prick each round with fork.
• Bake 7- 9 min.
• Remove from cookie sheet .
• Cool completely.

For creamy filling

Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup

Butter - 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Food color

• Mix all ingredients until smooth.
• Spread about 1/2 tsp filling between cooled cookies.

I am sending this to Hima's Sunday snacks event.

Nankhatai

Amma makes the best Nankhatais . As usual

she makes loads of cookies and give to all our

relatives.With a small oven it would take

hours of time but she never lost patience till the last batch.

Ingredients

Maida - 2 cups

Powdered sugar - 1 cup

Ghee / Dalda melted - 3/4 cup

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Sieve maida and baking powder .
• In a bowl mix maida and sugar.
• Add ghee little by little to form a stiff dough.
• Keep it aside for 2 - 3 hrs.
• Pre heat the oven to 300 C
• Make a small rounds of dough and flatten it.
• Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Arrange the nankhatais and bake it for 30 - 40 min.
• Cool it in the wire rack.

Serve with tea.

Note:

Don't use butter.Butter makes the cookies hard.