Eggless pistachio cookies with wheat flour ( atta )
Ingredients: ( for pistachio cookies – ONLY 4 INGREDIENT )
Ghee ( or soft butter ) – 3/4 cup or 150 gms
Sugar – 1/2 cup or 100 gms
Atta ( wheat flour ) – 1 cup or 300 gms
pista ( pistachios ) – 1/2 cup ( 100 gms ) for grinding
and 1/4 cup ( 60 gms ) for decorating
Method:
- Take a dry blender, grind the sugar and keep aside.
- Grind the pistachios ( 1/2 cup or 100 gms ) and keep aside
- Take a bowl, add the ghee and whisk for 1 minute until creamy
- Add the powdered sugar and whisk again until creamy and fluffy (about 1 minute)
- Add the atta (wheat flour) and pistachio powder and mix well. make it to a soft dough
( it will become like a soft buttery paste-like dough ) - Make small balls by rolling and shaping between your palms and arrange on a greased
steel plate or a lined baking tray ( use the steel plate for stove top baking ) - Press 1 pistachio in the middle (skip this for 1 – 2 year olds to prevent choking hazard)
No Oven Method:
- Take a big pan, place a stand, cover with the lid. Heat on high for 4 minutes
- Keep the cookie plate, cover and bake on medium for 15 minutes or until the cookies turns slightly golden ( not brown )
- Once done, take out the cookie tray and let the cookies sit in the plate for 5 minutes
- Remove from the tray and enjoy 😀
Oven Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F for 10 minutes
- Bake the cookies for 8 minutes ( or until the cookie turns slightly golden ) NOT BROWN
- Take out.. let it cool on the tray for 5 minutes and then remove to a cookie rack. enjoy 😀