Shahi Cookies - Cookies with Indian flavours

Hi... usually my husband needs to snack while having his cup of tea or coffee.. Whenever I go to grocery store.... I forget to buy biscuits for him.. This time I thought of making cookies.... It turned our really well...

Ingredients:

Flour (Maida) - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter - 5 tbsp (softened)
Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup
Pistachios (unsalted) - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Almonds - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Cashews - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Saffron - a pinch (soaked in 1 tbsp of warm milk)
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven at 170 degrees
2. Cream butter & powdered sugar till sugar is dissolved
3. Mix all nuts together and add 3/4 of the mixed nuts to butter-sugar mix
4. Add saffrom milk & cardamom powder.
5. Add Flour to the mix and knead to a soft dough
6. Cool it for 5 mins & make small balls.
7. Flatten each ball, lay it on butter paper of baking tray
8. Sprinkle & press few mixed nuts on top of each flattened ball
9. Bake it for 30 mins till the cookie turns light brown in colour
10. Move to wire rack to cool & store in air tight box once it is completed cooled

Tips:

• Best way to nuts to children who do not eat nuts
• Baking time may vary from oven to oven