ALMOND-ORANGE SUGAR COOKIES

Hi All,  I had a lot of Almond flour/Powder left in my pantry which I wanted to finish. This recipe is easy, healthy, fresh, and delicious. My kids loved it. So, here it goes. Its called 

ALMOND-ORANGE SUGAR COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

ALMOND POWDER: 1 and a 1/2 CUPS
ALL PURPOSE FLOUR: 1 CUP

          OR

ALMOND FLOUR: 2 and a 1/2 CUPS

SUGAR: 1 CUP
BUTTER: 1 STICK (Melt it to get 1/2 cup of melted butter)
ORANGE JUICE: 2 TBSP
SALT: 1/8th TSP
BAKING POWDER: 1 TSP
ORANGE ZEST: 1 TSP

ALMOND-ORANGE SUGAR COOKIE

MAKING

Preheat the oven to about 350 degrees. In a bowl, add the butter and sugar beat them up until the sugar and butter have blended well. Now, add the Almond powder, All Purpose Flour, salt, baking powder, mix it once again. Add the Orange juice and zest to the flour. Mix it well to get a nice moist dough. Place the dough in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes until the dough is firm. Roll it into your palm into small balls and flatten it into a nice flat circle. Place it in a large baking tray and put it in the oven to bake for about 10-15 minutes. Delicious Almond-Orange cookies are ready. Take it out, allow it to cool down, and then serve. 

Oven temperatures may vary so make sure to keep checking. Remove the tray once the cookies turn light brown and make sure to check the bottom of the cookie does not turn dark.

My dough was moist but if it is on the drier side, roll it with a rolling pin and cut it into the desired shape and place it on the baking tray

The cookies do not require precision and perfection. Very easy to make, you could hand beat it. I prefer the dough to be a bit moist as I personally felt it gave a better flavor and texture.


TIPS/VARIATIONS

If the dough is moist, refrigerate in the freezer and make small balls and flatten it with your hand. This is what I did and it came out really well.

You could add icing of your choice once the cookie has cooled down. 

You could use All Purpose Flour instead of Almond flour, add a bit of Vanilla essence.

These are basic cookies, you could enhance it with your creativity.

HOMEMADE COOKIES

Hi all, so this particular recipe was given to me by my Sis-in-law who is an excellent cook herself. The best part of this recipe is, its made of ingredients that we use daily especially in Indian cooking. Now I didn't have a couple of ingredients available so modified a bit and it was good all the same. I am listing both the ingredients. Both works well. Here it goes,

HOMEMADE COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR : 1/2 CUP
WHEAT FLOUR (CHAPATI FLOUR): 1/2 CUP
OR
MILK POWDER :1/4 CUP + 1/4 CUP ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
SUGAR: 1/3 CUP
ALMOND POWDER: 1/4 CUP
RAVA : 1 TBSP
BESAN: 1 TSP OR RAVA 1 MORE TSP
CARDAMOM POWDER: 2 PINCH
1 PINCH SALT
1 STICK BUTTER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE CUT INTO SMALL CUBES
1-2 TSP MILK AS REQUIRED

HOMEMADE COOKIES

MAKING

Mix in all the flours and dry powders in a bowl including Cardamom and Salt. Add in the Butter chunks one by one and mix them so that it becomes thicker and dough like. If that's not enough add in a Tsp. of milk to make it dough like. Make sure it isn't too watery or too mushy. It should be firm and coarse. Take small pieces of the dough and roll them into a ball and press to flatten and place them in a baking tray. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and bake it for 10-15 minutes. Flip them midway and allow it to cool once taken out. Delicious home made cookies are ready. My kids loved them. I am yours will love it too.

TIPS

Don't flatten the cookie dough too much as it tends to crumble. Just press them once and that's it. I did the Milk powder and extra spoon Rava(sooji) version and it came out really well. I think the Milk powder gives an extra flavor to the cookie. You can add Chocolate chips, roasted dry fruits to the same to make it more tasty. Enjoy !