HEART SHAPED COOKIES WITH UNSALTED CASHEWNUTS / VALENTINE DAY SPECIAL RECIPE

 Here is a very easy recipe of cashew nut  cookies. I made them heart shaped for the upcoming Valentine Day. We just need few ingredients that are always available in our kitchens. 

This recipe is part of the "A-Z Recipe Challenge" in a facebook group wherein we bloggers come together and choose key ingredients alphabetically to make and post a dish every month. The alphabet of this month is U and since we don't have any ingredient starting with this one. we decided to make something with Unsalted ingredients. I decided to make cashew nut cookies using Unsalted Cashew Nuts

Ingredients:

Unsalted Cashew Nuts ..... 1 cup

Powdered sugar ................ 1/2 cup

All purpose flour ............. 1/2 cup

Melted butter or ghee ...... 1/4 cup

Unsalted pistachios ......... handful

Baking powder ............... 1/2 tsp

Cardamom powder ........ 1/2 tsp

Milk .............................. 2 or 3 tbsps

Method:

1. Soak the pistachios that we are going to use for garnishing . This helps to peel and slice them easily and also to retain the green colour while baking.

2. Grind the cashew nuts to a fine powder.

3. In a large mixing bowl beat the melted butter or ghee and sugar until fluffy.

4. Add the cashew nutpowder, baking powder and the cardamom powder.

5. Mix well with a spatula.

6. Now add the all purpose flour (maida) and mix until the ingredients are combined well enough.

7. Add a spoonful of milk and continue to mix so that the dough is moist enough.

8. You may require 2 or 3 tbsps of milk to get the perfect consistency.

9. Now with the hand gather the dough and knead lightly. Set it aside to rest for 15 - 20 mins.

10. Peel and slice the pistachios while the dough is resting.

11. Roll out a portion of the dough and cut out the cookies with the help of a cookie cutter.

12. Make all the cookies and place them in a  baking tray on a parchment paper or silicon mat.

13. Garnish them with pistachio slices.

14. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 8 to 10 minutes. The time and temperature may vary a bit depanding on the size of the oven.

15. Cool them well before storing.

Note:

You may also use whole wheat flour if you want to make them healthier.

The same can be made with any other nuts instead of cashews.

If you areusing a small table top oven bake at 150 C 

Watch the video of these cookies 

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