This month's Blogging Marathon is very interesting. It is nicknamed "Fire up your oven". This entire month I have taken up the challenge of posting recipes which involve a great deal of baking.
I actually took this challenge up since I wanted to learn some good baking techniques and recipes. I haven't ventured much into that area. So first I am starting with a very basic biscuit recipe.
I have tasted these biscuits very often in tea shops. It costs around 2 or 3 rupees per biscuit. Just 2 biscuits and a glass of chai and you wont feel hungry for the next 2-3 hours. I love to have these that too when we are on a long drive.
I was actually amazed that these can be made at home and that the recipe is so simple. I will definitely be making this more often.
Ingredients
Butter at room temperature - ½ Cup (110 grams)
Confectioners Sugar - ½ Cup (65 grams)
All purpose flour - 1 Cup (130 grams)
Salt - ⅛ teaspoon
Pure Vanilla Extract - ½ teaspoon
Method:
Sift sugar over butter and cream until light and fluffy.
Add the flour, salt and vanilla at once and mix until combined.
Transfer the dough to a cling wrapped surface and make a log. cover it with cling wrap.
Refrigerate the dough for an hour.
After about an hour, Preheat the oven to 350F/180C
Remove the dough from refrigerator and cut the dough into half inch thick cookies.
Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 22-25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. When they start to brown, they are done. Have an eye as they can go from brown to burnt very fast!
Transfer to a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes.
Notes:
Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 51
I actually took this challenge up since I wanted to learn some good baking techniques and recipes. I haven't ventured much into that area. So first I am starting with a very basic biscuit recipe.
I was actually amazed that these can be made at home and that the recipe is so simple. I will definitely be making this more often.
Ingredients
Butter at room temperature - ½ Cup (110 grams)
Confectioners Sugar - ½ Cup (65 grams)
All purpose flour - 1 Cup (130 grams)
Salt - ⅛ teaspoon
Pure Vanilla Extract - ½ teaspoon
Method:
Sift sugar over butter and cream until light and fluffy.
Add the flour, salt and vanilla at once and mix until combined.
Knead for 2-3 minutes and make it into a soft dough.
Transfer the dough to a cling wrapped surface and make a log. cover it with cling wrap.
Refrigerate the dough for an hour.
After about an hour, Preheat the oven to 350F/180C
Remove the dough from refrigerator and cut the dough into half inch thick cookies.
Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 22-25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. When they start to brown, they are done. Have an eye as they can go from brown to burnt very fast!
Transfer to a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes.
Notes:
Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 51
Glad you took the opportunity to try baking for a month. I am sure you will enjoy it. Your tea time biscuits have turned out great. Waiting to see what other goodies you have baked this month.
ReplyDeleteAhh, my favorite, I remember buying this regular in our local bakery way back when we were in school!!! Salted butter biscuit was my favorite, looks super tempting!!!
ReplyDeleteCookies turned out good and looking forward to see what you have baked.
ReplyDeleteThese biscuits are something I still look forward to when I go to India. Grew up eating this :) You have brought back amazing memories :)
ReplyDeletegreat to have u in the BM, Ruchi ! these remind me of the local bakery way back in school days ! good start to the BM
ReplyDeleteThe biscuits looks nice and buttery , i am sure two are enough:) good opportunity to involve in baking.
ReplyDeleteCan happily munch on these... Very nicely made.. Nice way to start the marathon
ReplyDeleteThese are such classic biscuits..good to have you try all these..
ReplyDeletenot only with tea I can enjoy this biscuits any time nicely baked...
ReplyDeleteTea kadai biscuits are my family fav and you have made it perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis is my daughters fav biscuit.Good one! Looking forward to the other bakes....
ReplyDeleteOh road trips are never complete without a half at tea shops and digging into that glass jar beautifully lined with these biscuits. Good start to the marathon!
ReplyDeleteOh road trips are never complete without a half at tea shops and digging into that glass jar beautifully lined with these biscuits. Good start to the marathon!
ReplyDeleteThese look perfectly done. good one to start the marathon.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely start. The time time cookies looks so perfectly baked!!
ReplyDeleteThese cookies are all time classics! Tea-kada biscuits :-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful to run BM with u... i know how addictive this biscuits are..well done.
ReplyDeleteahhh nostalgic moments. These tea biscuits are very famous in my native. 2 biscuits and tea is famous combo
ReplyDeletethis is a great start to this marathon and the cookies are so typical indian , i loved the recipe seems very simple
ReplyDeleteSuch a crunchy and mouth melting biscuits,I too made this one for this BM...
ReplyDeleteAll time favorite cookies.. Very much addictive they are.
ReplyDeleteYour butter cookies look like they'll melt in your mouth. So delicious!!
ReplyDeleteLovely butter cookies. They have turned out beautifully. Glad you joined us. Waiting to see your bakes in the coming days.
ReplyDeleteEvery Indian probably have fond memories attached to these cookies. I am sure you will end up loving baking post this marathon. :)
ReplyDeletewow these cookies sure look melt in mouth kind :) very addictive ones , you have baked them perfect..
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