Whole Wheat Naan Khatai

Preparation Time - 5 Min                          Cooking Time - 17 Min                       Yield - 15 Naan Khatai

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 3/4 Cup

Powdered sugar - 1/2 Cup

Cardamom powder - 1/4 Tsp

Cashew nuts or almonds - 15

Salt - a pinch

Baking powder - 1/4 Tsp

Vinegar - 1 Tsp

Water - 1 Tbsp

Butter - 1/4 Cup or half stick, softened at room temp.

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 350° F or 175° C.

2) In a bowl take butter and beat well for 1 min or until soft and fluffy.

3) Add sugar in it and beat for a min. Add vinegar, water and mix well.

4) Add wheat flour, cardamom powder, salt and baking powder and mix well.

5) Take a small ball of mixture and press it between your palms and put on a greased sheet.



6) Decorate with your favorite nuts and bake in preheated oven for 16-18 mins.

7) Cool for 30 min and serve.

Whole Wheat Naan Khatai

Naan Khatai/ Indian Cookies

Preparation Time : 20 Min                                         Cooking Time : 20 Min

This simple recipe makes 2 dozen(24) naan khatai.

Ingredients :

All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 1/4 Cup

Unsalted Butter - 1/2 Cup or 1 stick softened at room temp

Powdered Sugar - 1/2 Cup

Nutmeg powder(optional) - 1/4 Tsp

Cardamom Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Salt - 1/4 Tsp

Pistachio - 4-5

Baking powder - 1/4 Tsp

Method :

1) In a bowl, take butter , add nutmeg powder and cardamom powder, mix well.

2) Add sugar and salt in it. mix well. If you use salted butter then do not add salt.

3) In this mixture add all purpose flour and mix well. Dough should be very soft.

4) Make small round balls of the dough and put it on greased tray approximately 2 inches apart. Make sure there are no cracks on balls.

5) On these balls put and press crushed pistachio or your favorite nuts.

6) Preheat oven to 300° F or 150° C and bake for 20-23 mins depending on your oven.

7) Let the Naan Khatai cool for 30 mins and then serve.

Naan Khatai