Rainbow colored Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

(Serves 25)

• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups self raising flour
• 2 tbsp NESTLÉ Baking Cocoa
• 2 pkts (100g) NESTLÉ SMARTIES

How to make

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line oven trays with baking paper.

2. Cream butter and sugars together then beat in egg.

3. Fold in combined sifted flour and NESTLE Baking Cocoa, fold in NESTLE SMARTIES.

4. Roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into balls, place on prepared oven trays, allowing room for spreading. Press down lightly with a fork.

5. Bake 15-20 minutes or until cooked. Cool on a wire rack.

Preparation time:
10 minutes

Cooking time:
15 minutes

Jam filled cardamom pistachio Cookies

Ingredients:
1 Cup All purpose Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Tsp Cardamom Powder
1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
1/4 Tsp Salt
Ghee or Melted Butter (Around 10 tbsp or enough to knead a soft dough)
Jam- Of your choice

Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
2. In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix.
3. Now start adding Ghee or Melted Butter a Tbsp or Two at a time and start kneading the dough. The dough should come together and it will be quite soft.
4. Now make smooth balls of approx 1.5 inch in diameter and press each balls light in between palms.
5. Make a thumbprint in the center of each ball and fill it with your favorite Jam ( Should be seedless jam)
6. Arrange the cookies on the baking sheet and bake for 11-12 minutes. Cookies will develop slight scars on the top.
7. Let them cool on a wire rack for atleast 10 minutes ( This is very important otherwise you will end up burning your tongue with that HOT Jam filling :)...So have patience :D )

These cookies store well in an air-tight container (Only if your kids and family will leave any)

saffron pistachio cookies....eggless

Ingredients:

1 cup less 2 tbsp- all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp- corn starch
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp- dried or fresh orange zest
6 tbsp melted butter
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp saffron essence
few strands saffron
few chopped pistachios- for ganish



Method:
1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in the vanilla and saffron essence.
3. In a bigger bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix well.
4. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix gently making a soft dough.
5. Make small balls and flatten them a bit in-between your palms. Arrange on the baking try keeping some distance in between balls.
6. Now garnish by adding pistachio and saffron strands to the center of each flattened balls.
7. Bake for 12 minutes in the pre-heated oven. Let cookies cool for a 3-4 minutes before removing from the tray and let cool completely on a wire rack.