Easy Kaju Biscuits Recipe | Cashew Cookies | Cashew Biscuits | Cashew Nut Cookies
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 1 Box
- Category: cookies
- Cuisine: hyderabadi
Ingredients
- 1½ cup maida / plain flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk powder
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cashew (crushed)
- ½ cup ghee
Method
- Firstly, in a large bowl, place a sieve and add 1½ cup maida, 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tbsp milk powder, pinch salt, and ½ tsp baking powder. Sieve well.
- Add 2 tbsp cashew, mix well, making sure all the dry ingredients are well combined.
- Now add ½ cup ghee, crumble and mix well. Gently mix the flour and ghee mixture.
- Lightly crumble with fingers and get the mixture into dough.
- Do not knead the dough, just press and make a soft dough. If you feel the dough is dry, add some ghee or butter. but do not add milk or water, as it makes cookies dense.
- Flatten the dough, and roll slightly thick.
- Using a bottle cap make a moon-like shape.
- Now bake the cookies in a kadai, by adding salt at the bottom of the kadai.
- Cook on a medium flame for 12 to 15 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies gets golden brown.
- You can also bake the cookies in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 12 minutes. Cool the cookies completely before removing them from the plate.
- Finally, enjoy the crunchy Kaju Biscuits Recipe with a cup of coffee.
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.