Ragi and Whole Wheat Cookies

Ragi and Wheat Flour Cookies.. Healthy yet tasty... WIth all the goodness of ragi and wheat flour and richness of butter.. You wil start loving it instantly..

                Im not good at baking cookies.. Everytime there is something which goes wrong with my cookies and so they are either underbaked or overbaked.. I was bit apprehensive this time too in trying out this ragi cookie.. But when i saw the recipe in one of the blogs online, and they claiming it to be a full proof recipe, i thought why not give it a try.. And to my surprise, it turned out well in the first instance.. Crispy with the crunch in every bite, perfectly baked, it beats the store bought ragi biscuits in every way..

Recipe Source: here

Ingredients:

1/2 cup ragi flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

1tsp baking powder

1/2 cup or 100gms chilled butter cut in cubes (can use salted butter.. i used amul)

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1tbsp + 1tsp milk

Method: Dry roast ragi flour on medium flame for 4-5mins till you get a nice aroma.. Remove in a bowl and add in wheat flour and baking powder.. Mix well and add in chilled butter cubes.. Mix well with hands till the mixture resembles a coarse bread crumb.. Alternatively you can do this step using a food processor, which is the way i did.. Its quick as well as easy to do.. Remove in a bowl and mix in powdered sugar well.. Add in milk and form into a dough.. Cover and refrigerate for 20-30mins... Remove and roll into a 1/4inch thick disc.. Using a cookie cutter cut in small rounds.. Grease a baking dish with butter and place the biscuits in the tray.. Using the back of a fork make marks on the cookie... Again place it in refrigerator for about 10mins while you preheat the oven at 180c.. Once the oven is preheated place the cookie filled baking tray in the oven and bake for around 20mins till slightly brown.. Remove tray from the oven, the cookies will still be soft...Rest it for around 10mins.. Have it with a glass of cold milk or with a cup of hot tea... Store in an airtight container..

Note: Can add little more milk if the dough is not forming well.. Be careful, the milk should neither be less nor more.. Otherwise the dough will start crumbling.. So add accordingly starting with 1tbsp at a time..

Can add in 1/2 tsp vanilla essence and also little cardamom powder for flavour.. 

                                         Roast ragi flour on medium flame for 4-5mins

                                    Mix in ragi flour, whole wheat flour and baking powder

                                         Add in butter

                                        Pulse in food processor till it resembles coarse bread crumb

                                          Add sugar and mix well..

                                          Add in 1tbsp milk at a time and mix..

                                         Form into dough and cover and refrigerate for 20-30mins

                          Remove and roll into 1/4inch thick disc and cut into circles...

                         Place it in a greased baking tray and refrigerate for another 10mins..

                                     Bake in oven for 20mins.. Leave for 10mins.. Ready..