NANKHATAI

Ingredients:

Wet Mixture --

Un-salted Butter -1 cup (2 sticks)

Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup

Milk - 4tbsp

Dry Mixture --

All Purpose flour (Maida) - 2 Cups

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Fine grain sea salt - 1/4 tsp

Ground Green Cardamom seeds - 1 tsp

Add-ins

Crushed Pistachios - 3/4 cup

Sliced Almonds - 1 tbsp

Method:

Step 1: Wet Mixture

Use Electric mixer. Beat butter about one minute

Add sugar. Beat till the mixture is light and fluffy about 7 minutes

Add milk. Beat one minute to make a smooth mixture.

Step 2: Dry Mixture

Mix flour, baking powder,salt and cardamom powder. Sieve

Step 3: Dough

Add one third of dry mix at a time to wet mixture beating at low speed. Knead it into a dough.

Stir in Pistachios.

Step 4: Baking

Preheat oven to 300º F.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper

Divide dough into 24 parts. Roll each part in to a ball

Press each ball of dough into a flat patty about ¼" thick. Press some Almonds on the top surface of the patty. Put the patty on parchment paper. Continue till all the balls are done

Bake for 20 minutes. The cookies should just start to turn brown.

Shut off heat. Remove the cookie sheet to let the cookies cool.