Thumbprint cookies

Ingredients

1.All purpose flour  - 1 1/4 cup

2.Vanilla essence - 2 tsp

3.Sugar - 1/4 cup+1tbsp

4.Straw berry jam - 3tbsp

5.Butter - 1/2 cup

Method

1.In a bowl beat butter,sugar and vanilla essence till light and    fluffy.

2.Add flour to the butter,sugar mixture and make into dough

3.Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 1 hour till the dough becomes hard enough.

4.Divide the dough into 24 equal size balls and make an indent    in center using your thumb.

5.Fill straw berry jam in middle of each cookie and arrange on a cookie sheet.

6.Pre heat oven to 325 degrees.

7.Bake the cookies for 15 minutes.

8.Remove the cookies from oven and cool them for 10 minutes.
9.Store it air tight container for 1 week.

 

Saffron,Pistachios cookies

Ingredients

1.Allpurpose flour - 1 1/2 cup

2.Cardamom Powder - 1tsp

3.Saffron- 1/2 tsp

4.Milk - 2 tsp

5.Pistachios (chopped)- 4 tbsp

6.Milk - 3 tbsp

7.Sugar-  1/2 cup

8.Butter - 1/2 cup

Method

1.Place saffron,milk in a mortar ,pestle and crush it to make a smooth paste.

2.In bowl add melted butter,sugar and mix

well till sugar melts.Add saffron paste to this and mix well.

3.Add flour,cardamom powder,milk to the butter mixture and make a dough.

4.Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

5.Grease the cookie sheet and cut cookies using cookie cutter.Sprinkle  chopped pistachios on top of the cookies and bake them in oven for 15 minutes.