Name: Elaichi Cookies recipe by Neha Paliwal at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 cup Maida (all purpose flour); 1/2 cup Castor sugar; Salted butter - 75 grams(keep it at room temperature); 1/2 tsp Baking Powder; Elaichi Powder (You can take 3 to 4 Elaichis and crush them); 2 tsp milk for kneading the dough.

Ingredients Serving: 5

1 cup Maida (all purpose flour)
1/2 cup Castor sugar
Salted butter - 75 grams(keep it at room temperature)
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
Elaichi Powder (You can take 3 to 4 Elaichis and crush them)
2 tsp milk for kneading the dough.

Instructions

First take a bowl and add the butter and whisk it for few minutes.
Now add castor sugar in it and whisk it with butter till it gets mixed up properly.
Now take the maida and baking powder and sieve it twice.
Now add ilaichi powder and mix it with sieved maida and add it in butter and sugar and mix it with beater or hand mixer.
Now make a dough of it by adding milk gradually in the dough (remember the dough should be soft but not liquidy type and neither too hard).
Now take a cling film and wrap the dough and keep it for rest for around 15 minutes.
In the meantime preheat the oven at 160 degree for 10 minutes.
After 15 minutes take the dough and make its balls. Place a butter paper on the baking tray and put the balls on it by maintaining a proper distance.
Bake it on a baking mode on the center shelf for around 20 to 25 minutes (time varies from oven to oven).
After 20 minutes take out the tray and let the cookies cool down for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes place the cookies on a wire rack and let it cool down completely for at least 20 minutes.
Your Elaichi cookies are ready to be served with masala chai or hot coffee! Enjoy!

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