Peanut Butter Cookies

This is the third Home Baker's Challenge started by Priya Suresh and hosted by Viji.

This month challenge was to bake  cookies and we were give four recipes, I loved the peanut butter cookes and have tried making. Loved the nutty, crunchy  & a flavorful cookie.

Cinnamon shortbread Cookies - eggless

My daughter insisted that I made some cookies for her and I wanted to bake eggless too. She kept saying why are you not posting anything for Christmas on the blog? She loves the cinnamon flavour  in the cookies. So here it goes with my first recipe for the wonderful season.

Seasons greetings to you and your loved ones.

I have iced some cookies only as   its my first icing and was a bit nervous how it would turn out.  If you have kids at home give this  job to them as they will be in their best to come out with good designs.  I think when I make my ginngerman cookies – I will give it to my daughter for the icing. I have no patience to sit and ice the 40 plus cookies,  honestly I just did few and the rest I  dusted with  icing sugar. I have made many stars and some gingerman shapes and some dolls.

How I made the cute little  edible santa (I saw in many blogs and I feel for the cutie). Clean and wash the strawberry, gave a small cut on the base so that he can sit well. Gave a small cut on the upper portion of the strawberry and dropped a big chunk of the (sugar and cream cheese mix) and put the starwberry piece back  on the cream. Now on the top of strawberry put a  small dash of the cream for cap. With the edible black colour I  made two dots for the eyes J. I super loved him the most.

So upto you how you want to decorate J  

Recipe adapted  from Taste.com.au

Makes : 40 – 44 cookies

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter, at room temperature

100g ( ½  cup) caster sugar

225g (1  ½  cups) plain flour

120g (2/3  cup) rice flour

2 tsp ground cinnamon

Pinch of salt

Sugar icing

Icing sugar  - ½ cup

Water  - 1 tsp or just as required

Corn flour – 2 tsp

Colours – few drops of your choice

·        When you are icing the cookies please ensure it has to be chilled completely and then only ice.

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was hunting for an eggless chocolate cookies to make for my daughter and came across this from  here  it was so an eyecatching recipe that I tried and everyone at home super liked. The main ingredient being wheat flour, keeping in mind the health point of view I fell in love with the recipe and wanted to try this.  Thanks Radhika for the wonderful recipe.

Prep Time:

10 Minutes
Bake Time: 15 – 20 Minutes
Total Time: 25 Minutes
Makes: 15 Cookies
Shelf Life: 1 week

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour or all purpose flour – 180 gms
• Baking Powder – 1 tsp
• Butter – 100 gms
• Brown sugar – 100 gms
• Cocoa powder – 2 tsp
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• Chocolate Chips – 4 tbsp (divided)
• Smarties – for decoration

Nanakhatai

All purpose flour-1 cup
Butter or ghee - ½  cup  *
Sugar - ½  cup
     Salt a pinch
     Cardamon powder – ¼ tsp
     Cashew nuts- 2 tbsp (Crushed or chopped)
     Pistachios for garnish

·         I prefer to use butter than the ghee as I love to retain the white colour