Eggless Nankhatai | Cardamom flavored Biscuits(Eggless)

Nankhatai are a popular sweet cardamom flavored biscuits available in the bakeries in India.These are buttery soft and delicious,perfect to munch with a cup of tea.This recipe is for one of our good friends,she wished to get this recipe.She is a pure vegetarian and so I thought to make the eggless version of the cookies.Am happy that it came out good and were very yummy.I tried these cookies twice,first one with wheat flour.Those cookies also came out good,melt in mouth ones but they have a darker color,but unfortunately I couldn't click pictures as kids munched majority soon after the bake.this time I tried with all purpose flour as the original recipe calls for it.Try & enjoy making these at home !!!

Ingredients
all purpose flour or wheat flour 1 cup
corn starch 2 tbsp
unsalted butter,softened 1/2 cup(113gm)
sugar granulated 1/2 cup (I used 1/3 rd)
cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
baking soda a very small pinch
salt 1/8tsp
cashew pieces/pistachio pieces (for garnish)

Method

• Powder the sugar in the blender or use powdered sugar.If using powdered /confectioners sugar then skip adding the corn starch.

• Mix the softened butter and sugar  until light & creamy with a spoon for about a minute.(Don't over do it as the cookies tend to spread & crack)

• Sift the flour twice with baking soda and salt.Add this to the butter mix and add the cardamom powder.

• Knead it in a smooth dough.Make small smooth gooseberry sized balls (about 12-15)and place the cookies on a parchment paper lined tray with a space of 2" apart (as they will spread once baked).Press them down with pistachio/broken cashew pieces on top to flatten very lightly.

• Pre heat oven to 325 degrees F.Place in the middle rack in the oven and bake for 17-22 mins or when edges are slightly browned.(mine was baked at 20mins)

• Cool on wire rack completely.Serve or store in air tight containers.

Servings ~ 15 cookies

NOTES
* I have made using wheat flour,wheat flour doesn't give the white color but is much more healthier.This time I tried using all purpose flour.
* You can use powdered sugar instead of sugar and corn starch as powdered /confectioners sugar has corn starch in it.
* Make smooth balls otherwise the cracks will burst out when baking.