This Jam Filled Butter Cookies Recipe is an easy thumbprint cookie with a fruit jam center. Whip up these simple jam drops in just a few minutes, they make wonderful any-time treats.
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Take a bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and egg yolks.
Stir in the flour a little bit at a time until a soft dough forms.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls or cut with a cookie cutter.
If dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
Place balls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie tray.
Use your finger or an instrument of similar size to make a well in the center of each cookie.
Fill the hole with 1/2 teaspoon of preserves.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown on the bottom.
Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
Store in an airtight jar or container. Jam Filled Butter Cookies are ready to serve. ENJOY!
Notes
Serving Suggestions: Serve with Tea.
I have also posted Nankhatai recipewhich are another easiest & tastiest version of making cookies at home. Do check it out as well. It’s finger lickin’ good. You’ll be coming back for more.
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Nan Khatai is an Persian /Indo-Pakistani butter cookie that is made with ghee(clarified butter), sugar, all-purpose flour, gram flour, cardamom, and roasted almonds and pistachios. Do try it.
Add sugar and cardamom powder.Beat until light and fluffy.
Now take a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder,gram flour and baking soda.
Now fold into ghee mixture.
Stir in the roasted almonds and pistachios.
Now roll out the dough, cut into rounds with a cookie cutter.
Put nan khatai on a greased baking tray.
Brush them with egg yolks.
Place baking tray in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until done.
Remove from the oven and let it cool completely. Lahori Nan Khatai is ready to serve.
Notes
Serve with Tea.
If you like Lahori Nan Khatai Recipe and make it then let me know your feedback by commenting below.And if you know more innovative ways in which we can utilize this sweet and mouth watering Lahori Nan Khatai, do share with us and we would be glad to give it a try.
Light and flaky shortbread, flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth!
Nankhatai (Eggless Buttery Cookies)
Nankhatai (Eggless Buttery Cookies)
Nan Khatai is a popular sweet snack which is equally liked by kids as well as elders. I am a huge fan of these nan khatais. It’s the NanKhatai recipe you would want when you suddenly crave for cookies.
Does this recipe rings a bell? Khasta nankhatais from your favorite bakery shop – so what does Khasta mean? Khasta means light and flaky and Nankhatai is referred to as a shortbread or biscuits. This is super easy fail proof recipe that has been tested and tried many times in my kitchen.
Nan Khatai are simple to make if you ask me.Nothing complicated and no fancy ingredients. No baking soda and baking powder added in this recipe. Does this make you walk away from the recipe? Please wait and learn the secret to these khasta nankhatai recipe. Secret to these flaky nankhatai is the amount of ghee/butter that goes in them. No water or milk is added to this recipe.
Bake these goodies for 12- 15 minutes. Depending on the oven, cooking time may vary. Unlike other cookies, nankhatais will not brown up and when taken out of the oven they will still be soft and gooey.
No worries, allow them to sit for 5-10 minutes on the counter and they will become firm. When completely cooled, store in an airtight container and enjoy with your evening tea!!
This Nan khatai Cookies Recipe especially for all those who are new in baking. These cookies prepare easily and serve with afternoon tea. Do try it!!
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Light and flaky Indian shortbread, flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth!
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 18
Author Bushrah | Recipestable
Ingredients
1-1/4cupplain flour
1/4cupsemolinafine sooji
3/4cupbutter or gheeshould be at room temperature not melted
1/2cup+1 tablespoon superfine Sugar
1teaspoonVanilla
a pinch of Cardamom Powder
few almondspistachios and cashew nuts, for sprinkling
Instructions
Assemble all the ingredients.
Cream the butter and sugar till it turns fluffy.
Stir in the vanilla, flour and sooji. Make smooth dough of this mixture.
Stir in the vanilla and cardamom powder.
Knead a soft dough. Butter or ghee is the secret to light/flaky (khasta) nankhatai’s.
Roll the dough into a big circle.
Roll out medium sized balls and put a almond or cashew nut on the top of each piece.
(One way is to use a cookie cutter and cut out the nan khatais.
Other way and the original way to shape nan khatais is to take a small dough ball in your hand.)
Preheat oven at 150 degree C.
Place nankhatai cookies on a greased baking tray.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.
Remove from oven and place on the counter and allow them to cool.
They will still be soft when you remove the tray from oven.
NanKhatai is ready to serve. ENJOY!!
Notes
Recipe Note’s: Once cooled store in an air tight container. These cookies stays good for about 2 weeks.Serving Suggestions: Serve with tea.
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Happy Baking!!
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