Time for Each Cookie Variation+Cookie Dough Resting Time 45 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course Desserts
Cuisine American, Fusion
Ingredients
Basic Cookie Dough
1½Cup Almond Flour
1CupRolled Oats
1CupButter(Salted)
1CupRaw Cane Sugaror use Castor sugar
Cumin/Jeera Cookies
1tbspJeera/Cumin Seeds
Roasted Cashew Nut and Cardamom Cookies
1/4CupCashew Nuts
1tspCardamom Powder
Jam Thumbprints
Any Fruit Preserveas required
½tspVanilla Essenceoptional
1tbspAny flouroptional
Sprinkle Cookies
¼CupSprinkles/Funfetti
Instructions
Basic Cookie Dough
Powder rolled oats in grinder or coffee grinder.
Sieve together both the flours(Almond Flour and Powdered Oats).
Cream together butter and sugar, till light and fluffy.
Fold in flour with butter sugar mix. Do not over mix the dough. Just get it together.
Now divide it into four equal parts for the variations.
Jeera Cookies
For Jeera Cookies, lightly roast 1 tbsp of Jeera/Cumin seeds. Lightly crush with rolling pin. Add to the dough and mix well.
Wrap the dough in a cling film or parchment paper and refrigerate for about 20-30 mins.
Once ready to make, lightly roll the dough on a clean counter or surface. Cut into desired pieces, arrange on baking tray and again refrigerate for at least 30 mins.
Bake for 15 mins in pre-heated oven at 325°F or 170°C for 12-15 mins.
Roasted Cashew Cardamom Cookies
Roast Cashews till light brown, then finely chop when cool.
Mix finely chopped cashews and cardamom powder in dough. Refrigerate for 20-30 mins.
You can cut into desired shape and pieces or divide the dough into equal portions. Make balls arrange on baking tray, press with fork and refrigerate for about 10-15 mins.
Bake for 15 mins in pre-heated oven at 325°F or 170°C for 12-15 mins.
Jam Thumbprints
For Jam Thumbprints, I have used my homemade Mixed Fruit Preserve(recipe coming soon).
Add 1 tsp of Vanilla Essence in dough. add 1 tbsp of either of the flour and mix lightly.This optional. You can add just a pinch of Vanilla Bean Paste also, then no need to add flour.
Divide dough into small portions, roll each portion into a lemon sized ball. Arrange on a baking tray.
Make indent using thumb (hence the name thumbprint!!).Add some jam in the indent created. Refrigerate for about 10-15 minutes
Bake for 15 mins in pre-heated oven at 325°F or 170°C for 12-15 mins.
Sprinkle Cookies
Add 1 tsp of Vanilla Essence in dough. Add 1 tbsp of either of the flour and mix lightly. Add sprinkles and mix the flour again very lightly. This optional. You can add just a pinch of Vanilla Bean Paste also, then no need to add flour.
Refrigerate the dough wrapped in a cling film or parchment paper.
When ready to bake, roll out the dough. Roll out the dough and cut into desired shape using cookie cutter. Arrange on baking tray and refrigerate again for 10-15 mins.
Bake for 15 mins in pre-heated oven at 325°F or 170°C for 12-15 mins.