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Plain tea biscuits (Cookie) Egg-free Recipe

These tea biscuits are egg free, without any leavening.

Ingredients

Wet Mixture

1. Unsalted Butter (One stick): ½ cup

2. Ghee: ½ cup

3. Powdered sugar: ½ cup

4. Granulated sugar: ¼ cup

5. Pure Almond extract: ½ teaspoon

Dry Mix

1. All purpose flour (Maida): 1¾ cup

2. Besan (Chickpea flour): ¼ cup

3. Sea salt: ¼ teaspoon

Substitutions and Options

1. Replace Besan with equal amount of Rice flour or Maida

2. Replace Ghee with equal amount of unsweetened butter

3. Replace Granulated sugar with equal amount of Powdered sugar

4. Optionally stir in 1 cup of coarse ground Pistachios, or 1 cup of toasted Almond slices

Method

Step 1: Wet Mixture

1. Use Electric mixer. Combine Ghee and Butter. Beat for one minute

2. Gradually add sugar, beating to form light and fluffy mixture about 5 minutes

3. Stir in Almond extract

Step 2: Dry Mix

Mix ingredients well. Sift

Step 3: Dough

1. Gradually add (one third at a time) dry mix to wet mixture beating at low speed to make dough

2. Wrap dough in plastic film. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour

Step 4: Baking

1. Pre-heat the oven to 325º F

2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

3. Divide dough into 30 parts. Make dough balls. Press slightly to form a thick patty. Place the dough patties on parchment paper about 1½: apart

4. Bake on the center rack of the oven for 10 minutes.

5. Rotate the cookie tray and bake another 10 minutes. The top of biscuits will start turning brown

6. Turn off heat. Remove the cookie tray. Let it cool to room temperature.