Whole Wheat Cookies on a Rainy Evening

Hello folks!!!

“C’est le moment present qui compte” – a French saying meaning ‘It is the moment that counts’; a very powerful line indeed that can just change your perspective towards life and appreciate every small yet beautiful element that thrives in it. I believe that every moment spent doing something that brings happiness to your soul is a moment well lived.

Last day, I was reading ‘The Famous Five’ by Enid Blyton. These lines made me imagine myself with Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy their dog at the picnic – ‘Nothing could be nicer than icy-cold, creamy farm milk from the dairy on a hot day like this. They all sat down to tea…’.This made my mouth water immediately, inspiring me to write this recipe. With the hot days and rainy evenings marking the commencement of the monsoon season, this would be the best snack to devour and lose yourself into with a cup of tea or how we call it - chai on a rainy Sunday evening.

Welcome my dear friends to another day of fun and cooking. This is my go to snack when I am bored and hungry and want to eat something without putting in a lot of hard work.

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REMEMBER:

• You can choose to use refined flour over wheat flour, but remember; although it demands lesser work and is lighter it is not as healthy as wheat flour.
• Always use butter at room temperature and not heated butter.
• Adding a little salt to anything sweet helps to make it even better.
• Wheat cookies are so so sooo tasty with chocolate. So, add in some chocolate chips for the extra deliciousness and mouth wateringnesssss…..
•  Let your cookie cool down for 10-15 minutes before taking them off the baking tray or else they will crumble.
•  Biscuits are soft when hot and crunchy when cooled.

RECIPE                                                                                                                       Makes: 18 cookies

INGREDIENTS

Wheat Flour – 2 cup

Clarified butter (ghee) - ½ cup

Milk – 3tbsp

Granulated sugar – ½ cup

Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

ADD-INS

Chocolate chips – ¼ cup

Dry fruits or nuts – ¼ cup

INSTRUCTIONS

1.Preheat the oven and grease your cookie tray.

2.Mix the sugar, clarified butter, vanilla essence and milk in a large bowl.

3.Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and add it to the mixture in step 2.

4.Mix the ingredients well, but don’t over mix it.

5.Now you can put in your preferred add-ins.

6.Scoop out a little cookie batter and place them at a distance of 2 inches to give them space to grow in the oven.

7.Bake for 10-15 minutes at 180°C till those angels turn golden brown. Then, cool and relish them with a hot cup of tea ….