Sweet Punch: Whole Wheat Eggless Almond Cookies

I never baked with whole wheat flour and whenever I came across a bake with wheat flour, always wondered how it tastes. I was meaning to bake something with it and this month’s sweet punch bake was a perfect recipe. This month, Ria chose whole wheat eggless almond cookies from Manjula’s Kitchen. I followed the recipe exactly as given with less sugar. The first time I baked it, I baked it for 17 minutes and bottom of the cookies got a little burnt. The taste was pretty good. I finished all the cookies all by myself! I thought of posting the same pictures but could not get myself to do it. So I baked them again today for 14 minutes 40 seconds and they turned out perfect.

Source: Manjula’s Kitchen
Total Time: 25 – 30 minutes
Preparation: 10 – 15 minutes
Baking Time: 15 minutes
Yields: 21

Ingredients

• 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour (I used Atta)
• ½ cup sugar ⅓ cup Sugar
• ¼ tsp. Salt
• ¼ – ⅓ cup Sliced Almonds (I used ⅓ cup)
• ½ tsp.  Green Cardamom Seed coarsely powder (ilaichi)
• ½ cup or 8 tbsp. or 4 oz. Unsalted Butter brought to room temperature (I left it on the counter top for an hour to bring it room temperature. I also microwaved it for 15 seconds)
• About 2 tbsp of Milk or as needed  (I needed only 1 tbsp. milk)

Preparation:

• Preheat the over to 360F
• In a bowl mix together flour, salt, sugar, cardamon powder and sliced almonds.
• Add the butter to the flour and mix it all together to make a dough. Also add milk to make a soft dough.

  

• Divide the dough into small round balls, just like peda. I got 21 balls.
• Place them on an ungreased baking sheet and flatten them a little.

  

• Bake them in a preheated oven for for less than 15 minutes or until light golden brown.  Do remember that cookies continue to bake even after removing them from the oven.

  

• Let them cool for 3-5 minutes on the sheet itself, than transfer to a cooling rack and let them cool completely.
• Store in an air tight container.

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