Fruit Cookies - eggless

Ingredients:

• 1 cup, packed - mixed fruits and nuts, chopped ( i used dried cranberries,tutty fruity and cashews)
• 1 Tbsp - Orange juice
• 1/2 Tbsp - lemon juice
• 1/2 Tbsp - Honey
• 1 stick - unsalted Butter (~ 8 Tbsp), at room temperature
• 1/3 cup - sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp - powdered Cloves
• 1/4 tsp - powdered nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp - Orange zest
• 1/2 tsp - pure Vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 + 2/3 cup - All purpose flour

Step1 :
Place the chopped fruits and nuts in a bowl and mix in the orange juice, honey and lemon juice. Cover the bowl and let them soak overnight at room temperature.

Step 2:
In a wide  bowl (or electric mixer) cream the butter, sugar, salt, orange zest, vanilla extract, clove and nutmeg powders until you get a smooth consistency. It took me 3-4mins using electric mixer.

Step 3:
Then add the flour to it and mix it with a spatula.Don't over mix the dough since it will develop gluten and you will end up with really tough cookies.(I f too sticky add little flour to it)
Next add the fruits along with any leftover soaking liquid and fold it onto the dough.
Divide the dough in half and place each half on the longer end of a 15" wax/parchment paper. Shape and roll it into a log. The cross-section will give you the final shape/size of your cookie.

Step 4:
When ready to bake, pre-heat the oven to 350deg. With a sharp knife cut the log into 1/2 inch rounds. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and arrange them, 1/2 inch apart.

 Step 5:
Bake for 15-20mins, checking on them every minute after the 15 minute point. When the edges start to turn a light golden take them out and enjoy.

                                         

Classic Sugar cookies

I made these butter cookies today for my daughter.I thought i would make some 

shapes this time.Since i didnt have a cookie cutter i used my daughters play dough 

cutters/shapers.My whole family loved it and it was all gone within minutes.Trust me its damn so good.Its worth a try.

Ingrerdients :

Unsalted Butter - 8 ounces (1 stick)
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Egg Yolk - 1
Unbleached All Purrpose Four (Maida) - 2

Step1 :

Beat the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla together until smooth and creamy.
Mix in the egg yolk until well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl at least once.
Add the flour and mix just until incorporated.

Step 2:
Scrape onto a lightly floured board and knead a few times, just until the dough smooths out.

Turn onto a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log, wrap up and refrigerate for several hours or freeze.

Step 3 :

When required take the dough out from the rerfrigerator and Slice the dough into slices about 1/8" thick .

I rolled the dough and using play dough cutter i cut them to different animal shapes and baked them.

( To roll the dough,once take out from the refrigerator smash the dough with your hand for a while and then

roll then using a rolling pin)

Step 4 :
Place them on the sheets about an inch apart.

Step 5:

Preheat the oven to 355°F.

Bake until JUST beginning to turn golden around the edges, about 16-18 minutes.

Super delicious butter cookies are ready!!!!!!!!!