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Cashew Cookies / Kaju Biscuit / Kaju Cookies

Prajakta
Cashew cookies are crisp and delicious buttery biscuits with a distinct flavor of cashews.
5 from 12 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Refrigeration time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course cookies
Cuisine Indian

Equipment

  • Oven / OTG / Convection Microwave
  • Whisk / Hand Mixer
  • Bowl
  • Measuring Spoon / Cups
  • Sifter
  • Cling wrap
  • Knife
  • baking tray
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
  

  • 1 + ¼ cups All purpose flour / Maida Sifted
  • ½ cup Butter Room temperature
  • ½ cup Sugar Extra fine / Powdered
  • ⅛ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ cup Cashew powder
  • ¼ cup cashew pieces

Instructions
 

  • Ingredients
    ingredients for cashew chicken
  • Take butter, sugar, salt and baking powder in a big bowl.
    ingredients for cashew chicken
  • Whisk it with a hand mixer or a regular whisk for about 3-4 mins or thill it becomes light in color.
  • Now add cashew powder and all purpose flour in 3 parts and fold it in.
  • After adding the last past of flour and cashew powder, use your had to make a dough ball. Dough should be soft but not sticky.
    Cashew cookie dough
  • Dust the work surface with a little all purpose flour. Put the dough on it and roll it to make a cylinder roll.
  • Wrap the dough roll tightly in a cling wrap and refrigerate it for about 40 to 50 mins till the roll firms up a little.
  • Pre-heat the oven at 350 F / 180 C.
  • Take a baking tray and line it with parchment paper.
  • Get the dough roll out of fridge and take it out of cling wrap onto cutting board.
  • Cut cookies about ¼th inch thick and put it on the baking tray.
  • Press some broken cashews on the top of the cookies so that they stick in a bit and do not fall off after baking.
  • Do not take a lot of time to do this or the dough will start to soften.
  • Put the tray in the oven and bake for about 15 - 18 mins on a middle rack. till the cookies have a very light browning at the bottom. As the heating of all ovens vary, I would recommend to check the cookies at 12 mins and cook ahead depending upon requirement.
  • If you like soft cookies take the cookies out at 15 mins otherwise for crisper cookies bake till 18 mins.
  • Let them cool before storing them in a dry air tight container. They stay good for about 3 weeks.

Notes

  • Do not forget to refrigerate the dough roll before baking. 
  • Chilling the cookie dough before baking solidifies the fats thus the cookie dough takes longer to melt and the cookies doesn't spread thin and rises well.
  • Sift the flour before using.
  • Don't cut the cookies to thin.
  • Do not roll the dough into a fat cylinder. Make it slender as the cookie will spread and expand while baking.
  • If after cutting the cookies and adding cashews on top you feel the dough has softened a lot then put it in refrigerator for another 10 mins before baking.
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