Best Jowar Cookies or Sorghum Cookies made with Gluten-free Millet, Sorghum or Jowar flour and organic sugar. These are melt in mouth cookies with the goodness of coconut and cashews and kids favourite Chocolate chips to make it more tempting for them.
These Millet Cookies are perfect to serve with milk/milkshakes to kids and coffee or tea to adults. The recipe is quite adaptable to your preferences and availability of ingredients.
Checkout the detailed video in recipe card.
About the Recipe
Sorghum/Jowar is a gluten-free flour and is very nutritious. It is a safe and healthy alternative to Whole Wheat Flour especially for those with Gluten allergies. Also, an healthy alternative to all purpose flour/maida for those who want to avoid maida in their diet.
Millets have been a part of our food since ancient times but somehow in between these took a backseat. But, now millets have made a comeback and are used not only in cooking but also in baking. You can make breads, cookies and cakes using millets flour and serve to your family.
Benefits of Jowar
Let's have a brief look at the benefits of this millet. It is consumed as whole cereal and also used as flour. Jowar is rich in fibre, antioxidants. It has cooling effect on the body and is good to consume during harsh summers. It is also rich in iron, magnesium, copper and vitamin B along with many other nutrients.
Try this healthy and without any artificial sugar, Jowar Cake Recipe . It is healthy it is delicious and perfect for those who are looking for a gluten-free cake recipe.
You can also add jowar along with other flours to make Muthiya( a steamed Indian snack), these multigrain Ladoos, or these Gluten-free Fruit Cake Cookies
Why you will love this Jowar /Sorghum Cookie Recipe
You are going to love this healthy Jowar Cookie recipe. My kids also love these and when I first made these they were not able to guess it is not made with wheat flour or the regular flour that I use in my baking.
- These cookies are easy to make. Simple recipe with all the ingredients available in your pantry.
- Made with healthy jowar flour which has numerous health benefits.
- Good for those who cannot have cookies made with whole wheat flour.
- These Cookies are chewy, buttery and loaded with coconut, cashew nuts and chocolate chips.
- You can skip any of the above ingredients or substitute it with other nuts and dried fruits like cranberries/blueberries and raisins.
- You can freeze the dough and make fresh cookies anytime of the day.
- Perfect both for kids and adults.
Ingredients to make Sorghum Cookies/Jowar Cookies
Jowar Flour- Use fresh jowar flour. Do not use old flour as it develops a rancid taste.
Butter- for that buttery cookie flavour I use butter and kids love it. You can use substitute butter with oil in the recipe but cookies will have a different texture. They will not rise much and will kind of flat cookies.
Sweetener- I have used raw sugar (khand) available in Indian markets. You can use raw cane sugar or even castor sugar. Fine powdered jaggery or brown sugar can also be used in the recipe. It make cookies more chewy.
Others- Desiccated Coconut, Cashew nuts, Choco chips, Vanilla Essence, Baking Powder (as leavening agent).
Add salt when using salted butter.
You can add all three together (coconut, cashew nuts or choco chips) or substitute any with the other ingredients.
Instead of cashew nuts you can add chopped almonds, hazelnuts or pistachios.
How to make Sorghum Cookies
- Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Also, add vanilla essence.
- Add jowar flour, baking powder, coconut, chopped cashews and choco chips and lightly fold the batter.
- If the batter is a bit dry and crumbly add 1 tbsp milk at a time.
- You can chill the dough for 10-15 mins. The dough may dry a bit after chilling. You can add 1 tbsp milk.
- Preheat the oven at 180C or 350F.
- Line a baking sheet/tray with parchment paper.
- Make small lemon sized balls of the dough. For uniform size use a spoon or an ice cream scooper.
- Bake in oven for about 20-25 mins.
- Take out the cookies from oven and leave the tray on counter till cookies completely cool. Do not touch as the cookies are tender and may crumble.
- Store in an air tight jar and enjoy!!
How long the cookies stay good
Though the cookies won't last beyond 2-3 days. but, these stay good for about a week when stored properly.
Tips to make perfect Jowar cookies
- Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy. It will get creamy with off white color.
- Do not overmix the dough. Gather it together and keep it to chill.
- Add only 1 tbsp milk at a time if the dough is crumbly.
- The cookies are very soft and tender just after baking. So, let the cookies cool on the baking tray.
Yes you can add chopped nuts like almonds, pistachios, Hazelnuts or even dried cranberries and tutti frutti. Substitute with the same amount other ingredient with which you are swapping it.
Choco chips are optional and you can skip it. Add same amount of other nuts.
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Recipe Card
Jowar cookies/Sorghum Cookies
Equipment
- Oven
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Jowar flour
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter
- ½ Cup Sugar (Khand, Raw Cane or Castor)
- 2 tbsp Desiccated Coconut
- 2 tbsp Chopped cashews
- 2 tbsp Chocolate Cookies
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- ¼ tsp Salt optional
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar together till light and fluffy.½ Cup Unsalted Butter, ½ Cup Sugar
- Add vanilla essence and mix lightly.1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- Add jowar flour, salt and baking powder.1 Cup Jowar flour, ¼ tsp Salt, ½ tsp Baking Powder
- Also, add desiccated coconut, chopped cashew nuts and chocolate chips.2 tbsp Desiccated Coconut, 2 tbsp Chopped cashews, 2 tbsp Chocolate Cookies
- Lightly fold in batter.
- Gather the batter and keep it to chill for 15 mins.
- Add milk if the dough is crumbly or dry.
- Preheat oven at 180°C or 350°F.
- Make small lemon sized balls and arrange on a baking tray lined with a parchment paper.
- Bake for 20-25 mins. till the cookies are done.
- Cookies are done when it spreads a bit , get crinkles and the bottom and edges turn brown.
- Take out of the oven and let it cool.
- Transfer to an air tight jar/ container and enjoy.
- Stays good for about a week.
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Swati
The cookies turned out amazing! I added a pinch of nutmeg additionally.
My husband loved it and today I am making a large batch again.
Thank you for sharing the perfect measurements and method.
Swati
Thank you so much for trying out the recipe and giving your feedback and glad you and your hubby loved it!!
Chhaya
Hello, is it possible to give the cup measurements in grams since there r different sizes of cups available? TIA
Swati
Thanks Chhaya for stopping by.. Sorry for the late reply. This recipe is for US standard measuring cups. You can buy those from the market and use.
for gms take 150gm flour, 40 gm , and sugar 50 gms,about 40 gms coconut
Sunayana
Hi
Can we use half jowar and half ragi in this recipe?
Swati
Yes you can use. You may need to add a bit of more liquid as ragi flour may need more moisture for binding.Thank you for stopping by.
Sunayana
Hi Swati,
Yes! They turned out super awesome.. my 9yo son made the next batch himself with chocolate chips added
Thx heaps ?
Swati
Thank you so much Sunayana, for trying the recipe. So glad that you loved it. Thanks again for your feedback!!