Showing posts with label cornmeal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cornmeal. Show all posts

Eggless Cornmeal Almond Cookies

Sunday, May 18, 2014

After muffins, a kids party table will definitely have varieties of cookies, needless to say ill make varieties of cookies for every birthday party definitely along with french crepes,its a must for my kids.My kids and their friends are great fan of my chocolate cookies.As you know am running my first week of blogging marathon with kids birthday party for occasional theme, i really want to add some cookies in my party list, thats why i baked some cookies.Cant believe we are already in 7th day of blogging marathon and am sharing here a super nutty,addictive,crunchy cookies with yellow cornmeal and almond meal.

This cookies are eggfree, but not butter free. This cookies are super addictive, if you munch it you wont stop just with one. Cornmeal gives a superb crunchiness to this cookies while almondmeal gives a wonderful nuttiness. You can serve this cookies with some coffee, just dip these cookies in coffee and have it, you can see heaven on earth. However kids loved this cookies for their snacks with their favourite chocolate drink.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.Sending to my own event CWS-Almonds guest hosted by Preeti of Simply Tadka.


1cup All purpose flour
1/2cup Yellow cornmeal
1/2cup Almondmeal
1/2cup Butter (softened)
1cup Sugar
Few whole almonds
Milk (as per need)

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Beat the butter and sugar together until they turns soft.

Add the flour,cornmeal and almond meal, to the butter-sugar mixture and mix with your fingers to knead it.

If you cant make a ball,sprinkle some milk and make a ball..

Roll medium sized balls and flatten them slightly and place it over the baking tray lined with a baking sheet.

Leave enough space between the cookies.

Press a almond in the center of each cookies and bake for 15-20minutes.

Let it cool completely, dont remove the cookies from the baking sheet once you take them out of the oven.? They may break.

Enjoy with your favourite drink.
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Cornmeal Ghee Biscuits

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Ghee biscuits aka nei biscuits, these biscuits are quite famous in India,with a wonderful ghee flavour. While having these biscuits will just melt in mouth. Usually these biscuits are prepared with maida but for a change i tried adding cornmeal. The addition of cornmeal gives a wonderful texture to this biscuits and we couldnt stop ourselves munching this addictive biscuits.

These biscuits are very much compared to the shortbread cookies, ghee is clarified butter and this famous ghee is often used in Indian cooking. Ghee biscuits are my favourite biscuits and my uncle never forget to get them from the nearby town whenever we go to our grandmas village.Coming to this biscuits, this biscuits is completely prepared with ghee, if you are health nut you can reduce the quantity of ghee and go for milk. But somehow i love to prepare this biscuits completely with ghee.Do check Champa, Srivalli, Sumana,Veena,Jayasri and Preeti Deo wat they baked for the seventh day of bake-a-thon.Sending to 60days of Christmas hosted by Priya and Divya.



1cup All purpose flour
1/4cup Yellow cornmeal (dry roasted & grind)
1/4cup Ghee
1/2cup Icing sugar
1/2tsp Baking powder

Preheat the oven to 325F, line a baking sheet over a baking tray.

Mix the ghee and icing sugar in a bowl,beat well until it turns creamy.

Now add the all purpose flour,grounded cornmeal and baking powder, mix well and knead as a soft dough.

Make medium sized balls from the dough,flatten them slightly and place over the baking sheet lined over a baking tray.

Bake for 15-20minutes,dont let the biscuits turns brown.

Biscuits will be soft and smooth while its hot,do let them cool completely and arrange them in an air-tightened box.

Beware,these biscuits are quite addictive.

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