Whole wheat almond cookies

Name: Whole wheat almond cookies
Total time: 1080 s
Yield: 25 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gms whole wheat flour; 50 gms refined flour; 100 gms almonds; 100 gms butter; 125 gms sugar; Vanilla essence; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; Half cup icing sugar; 4 tsp water; 2 drops pink colour; Star sprinklers

Aparna Keswani @aparna_2511

#Cookies.
Most people look forward to Christmas cake and cookies , months in advance, although we have cakes and cookies round the year. Christmas cookies are generally decorated cookies. I have used mainly whole wheat flour and almonds to make cookies healthier and guilt free to an extent.

Aparna Keswani @aparna_2511

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Ingredients

18 minutes

25 servings

200 gmswhole wheat flour
50 gmsrefined flour
100 gmsalmonds
100 gmsbutter
125 gmssugar
Vanilla essence
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
Halfcup icing sugar
4 tspwater
2 dropspink colour
Star sprinklers

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Steps

18 minutes

1

Preheat oven to 175°. Grease a baking tray and keep butter paper on it.Soak almonds for half an hour.
2

Grind almonds to a paste.
3

Seive together whole wheat flour, refined flour, baking powder and baking soda.
4

Beat butter till fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat again.
5

Add almond paste and sieved flour mixture. Add vanilla essence and bind a dough. If need be, add few drops of milk..Make rolls of the dough.
6

Fold the rolls in cling film and keep it in the fridge for an hour.
7

Remove and slice it into rounds. Or roll it between 2 plastic sheets or butter paper. Cut into desired shape with a cookie cutter.
8

Bake the cookies in a pre heated oven at 175° for 18 minutes.Remove and cool it.
9

Mix together icing sugar, water and pink colour to make a icing.
10

Spread some pink icing on each baked and cooled cookie. Decorate it with sprinklers. Allow the icing to harden for 10 minutes. Serve immediately or store it in an airtight box.