Eggless Biscuit Sables - With a healthy Twist

These French Shortbread biscuits are so addictive and they just melts in the month . In a way they are healthy because there is no eggs , no baking powder , no baking soda or any artificial colors. Another twist i had given in the biscuit is , they are made out of whole wheat flour . Flavor of vanilla and butter enhances the taste of these yummy , crunchy sables .

I baked these Sables thrice ( small batching as i always prefer)  in a week because they kept vanishing when ever i baked . They were actually divine . 

                                           

Thank you +Priya Suresh for this lovely recipe . If i were not a member of  Home Bakers Challenge , i would have definitely missed baking lovely baked goodies. 

You just need only 6 ingredients for this delicious sables. Lets get to the recipe.

Ingredients :

Whole Wheat Flour - 1/2 Cup
All purpose flour - 1/2 Cup
Salted Butter - 1/2 Cup ( Cold)
Icing Sugar - 1/4 Cup
Vanilla Paste / Vanilla essence - 1/2 TSP
Milk - 1/2 (+ /-)TSP  ( Cold )

Instructions: ( My way ):

• Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl .
• Add the cold butter and vanilla and mix it as you do it for pie crust . ( Do not knead )
• Lastly  milk . Mix it till you form a dough . ( Just mix , do not knead )
• Refrigerate it for 15 minutes and you are ready to go.
• Preheat the oven at 350F.
• Aline the baking tray with baking sheet.
• Roll the dough , using a preferred cookie cutter , cut the cookies.
• Place it in the Baking tray.
• bake the cookies for 15 - 18 minutes.
• Cool the cookies in a wire rack.
• Store them in a air tight box.

 Instruction :

- Mixing all the ingredients together is my way . I feel this is easy yet the taste is going to be the same. In case if you prefer the traditional way go ahead using the same recipe.
- If you don't prefer using hand for mixing , you the hand mixer , but remember not to over beat . We just need to mix the ingredients that's all.
- Baking time depends on the thickness of the cookies too . Depending on the thickness of your cookies set the time .
- The dough will look like it needs more milk , but once you refrigerate it it will be just fine . ( like pie crust )
- Even after refrigerate , if the dough needs milk ,and drop by drop and milk .

Monday - Mix it up Monday, The Scoop, Made with love Monday, Marvelous Mondays @ This Gal Cooks  , Inspire me monday , Make the scene monday , Inspiration Monday ,cooking for seven dwarfs , Much Ado about monday , Craft - o-Maniac monday , Made by you monday

Tuesday - Totally Tasty Tuesday @ Mandy's Recipe Box, , Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home ,   Tasty Tuesday @ Anyonita Nibbles, Tuesday's Table @ Love in the Kitchen, Handmade tuesday

Wednesday -Buns in the oven , Lady behind the curtain , Wined down wednesday,  Wonderful  food wednesday ,Show and share wednesday , The wednesday roundup , Weekend Retreat 

Thursday - , Fantastic Thursday , Thriving on thursday , Full plate thursday ,

Friday -  Freedom Friday , foodie friday , pin junki , foodtastic friday , weekend wonders , friday food frenzy , weekend potluck , play party pin , Fantastic Friday

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American Snow Man Cookies

Christmas is down the corner and we all are busy baking Christmas goodies. Snow Man cookies were on my to list and thankfully +Priya R had suggested this recipe for this month on Home Bakers Challenge . These cookies were fun to make and handling the dough was super easy. These cookies are buttery in flavor , they are crispy and soft in texture . They just melt in the month.

Thank you for the lovely recipe +Priya R & +Priya Suresh .

                     

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour - 2 1/2 Cups

Butter - 1 Cup ( Soften )

Sugar - 1/2 Cup

Milk - 1 TBLS

Vanilla Paste - 1/2 TSPN

Food Coloring - Red & Green

Edible Marker - To draw eyes and lips

 Instruction:

•  In a large bowl , Beat the sugar and butter till it is fluffy and creamy.
• Then add the milk and vanilla paste and beat it .
• Lastly add the flour and beat it till it gets mixed well.
• Divide the dough into 3 portions. 2 equal portions . Equal portions will be 1/3 Cups each.
• Place the dough in 2 bowls.
• In one bowl add red coloring and in another add green. Mix the coloring thoroughly.
• Shape the remaining dough in to 12 *  1" balls and 1 1/2" Balls.
• Place the smaller ball above the larger ball in a un greased baking tray. And flatten the balls.
• For the scarf , Make thin rope with red and green colored dough. Twist the roped together.
• Place the scarf around the snowman's Neck. For eyes, nose and lips you could either draw it with a edible marker or you could insert jimmies.
• Bake it at 350F for 15- 18 minutes.

Linking these to these parties

Mix it up Monday, The Scoop, Made with love Monday, Marvelous Mondays @ This Gal Cooks , Totally Tasty Tuesday @ Mandy's Recipe Box, , Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home , Inspire me monday,  Tasty Tuesday @ Anyonita Nibbles, Tuesday's Table @ Love in the Kitchen, Buns in the oven , Lady behind the curtain , Wined down wednesday,  Wonderful  food wednesday ,Show and share wednesday , The wednesday roundup , Weekend Retreat , Fantastic Thursday , Thriving on thursday , Full plate thursday , Freedom Friday , foodie friday , pin junki , foodtastic friday , weekend wonders , friday food frenzy , weekend potluck

All things christmas, Lets cook for christmas , Lets cook christmas party food , Christmas and newyear recipes ,favorite recipes, Continental recipes , Only Baked

Sweet Potato Cookies # HBC - OCT

For the month of October +nalini suresh was the host for Home Bakers Challenge. She had Chosen recipes which were apt for the season of Fall/ Halloween . They were really spooky ... We all enjoyed the recipes and it was really interesting seeing other co-bloggers posting their spooky dishes. As usual 4 recipes were given and we had to choose one among them. Thank you +nalini suresh and +Priya Suresh

Suggested 4 recipes were:

• Chocolate Glazed Pumpkin Cookies.
• Spooky Witches Finger.
• Halloween Whoopie Pies
• Ghostly Cupcakes.

I was so busy this month , so i chose the simple recipe Pumpkin Cookies. Both of us at home are not a big fan of pumpkins so i replaced it with Sweet potatoes and i never thought that it is going to be tasty , but it was. I am happy that i replaced it and tried a new recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

All purpose flour - 1 Cup

Baking Powder - 1/4 TSP

Baking Soda - 1/4 TSP

Butter - 1/4 Cup 

Salt - a pinch

Sugar - 1/2 Cup

Egg - 1 Small

Cinnamon Powder -1/4 TSP

Sweet Potato  Puree-  7.5 oz/ 1 Cup- 2 TBLS 

                        

INSTRUCTIONS:

How to make Sweet Potato Puree:

Take 2 medium sized sweet potatoes.

Boil it.

Strain the water.

Peel the skin and mash it.

How to make the cookies:

• Pre-heat the oven at 375 F.
• In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients - Flour , Salt , Baking Powder , Baking Soda and Cinnamon Powder. 
• In another bowl using a hand beater , beat the butter and sugar till it is fluffy .
• Then add the egg and continue to beat till it is smooth.
• With the mixer on the slow speed ,add half the dry ingredients and the sweet potato puree and mix . 
• Once it is combined add the other half the dry ingredients and mix.
• Lastly pipe or drop the batter in the baking sheet and bake it for 15 - 20 minutes till the cookies are golden brown.
• Rotate the sheet once when the cookies are baking.
• Transfer the cookies to the wire rack allow it to completely cool before decorating.

                         

            The cookies were soft , tender and had a cake like texture. It just melted in mouth.

                         

Yeah i know these cookies doesn't look spooky but they are really apt for the Halloween.

                          Linking the cookies to my event " Lets Celebrate Halloween"

Cooking with white at merry tummy

Danish Butter Cookies

What do you remember when you see the blue tin filled with pretty shaped butter cookies?? I remember collecting these tins . These tins helped me in keeping my things organised . All my color pencils , crayons , needlework stuff ,  everything goes in it's respective boxes. These cookies are little bit expensive , but they are worth it and the taste is still the same. When there is a guest at home or when we are visiting someone's place we buy these cookies or the Fab cakes ( No doubt about it ).These cookies are highly addictive and you cant stop eating with one.

Last week we had bought these cookies and they were over within the next day. So that's where i thought  let me bake them. When i was going through the recipes online i found the exact recipe ( Klassiske Vaniljekranse) i wanted. ( Actually the photos attracted me). This recipe is quite easy , you don't need to have prior baking experience . 

INGREDIENTS:

APF- 320g
Butter - 200 g
Icing sugar - 130 g
Egg - 1
Vanilla essense - 1 TBLS
Vanilla Flavor - 1 TSP

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cover a baking tray with the parchment paper.
Preheat the oven at 400F.
Using a hand beater or paddle attachment cream the butter . Add the icing sugar and continue to beat.
Then add the egg and beat it . Add the vanilla essence and the vanilla flavoring.
Lastly add the APF and beat it .
Pipe the cookie dough using a Star tip on the parchment paper.
Bake the cookie for around 7-8 minutes.
Once it is baked , leave the cookie in the baking tray till it cools down.
When the cookies are cooled down transfer it to a airtight container .

NOTES:

Make sure all the ingredients are in room temperature.
Do not over beat the dough. It makes the biscuits hard.
Do not try to take the cookies from the baking tray as soon it is out from the oven.
Using Vanilla Flavor is optional .

Linking this to Shruti's sweet celebration

Cooking with white at Merry Tummy