Sweet and salty cumin cookies, perfect with tea!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 20 small cookies
  • Category: Recipes
  • Cuisine: Kitchen notes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1-2 tablespoons milk (optional, only if required)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees.
  2. In a baking tray, take 1 tablespoon of cumin seeds and roast them for 3-4 minutes at 350 F degrees or till you get a nice fragrance from them. Set aside.
  3. In the steel bowl of your stand mixer or using your hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
  4. Add the flour, salt and 3/4 tbsp of cumin seeds to the butter and sugar and mix. Reserve the remaining cumin seeds to sprinkle on top of the cookies.
  5. Mix at low speed till the mixture looks smooth and comes together in form of a dough. You may add 1-2 tablespoons of milk here if the dough doesn't come together.
  6. Sprinkle some flour on a flat surface or wooden floor and shape the dough like a flat disc.
  7. Using a roller, roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into different shapes using cookie cutter and sprinkle them with the remaining roasted cumin seeds.
  8. Place the cookies in a baking tray and bake at 350 F degrees for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, take them out and reduce the temperature to 325 F and bake the cookies again for 5-6 minutes or till light they are golden brown from sides and also from the bottom.
  9. Place on wire rack to cool completely.
  10. Store the cookies in an airtight container.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.