I love baking very much this days, specially cakes or cookies.I search different recipes and try them and happy to say that 99% of them are succesful. Recently i came across a cookie recipe which was orange flavored. first i thought they must have used some artificial orange flavour to flavour those cookies, but i was wrong. That recipe contained orange zest. I had heard lots about using different citrus fruit zests in different types of desserts, but never heard of using it in some cookie. So i got curious and decided to give it a try and believe me those cookied tasted awesome, specially the taste and flavour of orange zest was very nice.Till now whoever i have given the cookie to taste have loved its flavour:-))...Thos who do not know what is zest and how to remove it from citrus fruits check here. Zest is not used in india as widly as it is used in other countries like us and uk.I realy loved the idea of using zest here, as using natural flavour is always better then using artificial one.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup castor sugar
3/4 cup vegetable margarine(at room temperature)
zest of one orange
1/4 cup cashewnut powder
1/2 cup chopped dryfruits(cashews, almonds,pistachoes)
1 tea spoon baking powder
1/4 tea spoon salt
METHOD:
mix sugar and margarine in a bowl and beat them till they get mixed well.Seive together baking powder, salt and flour 3-4 times so that they get mixed well.
Now add the flour mix to the beaten sugar and margarine. Add orange zest, cashew nut powder and dryfruit pieces.Mix it well.
Grease a baking tray. Make small lemon size balls from the dough and keep them on baking sheet or greased tray leaving enough space between two, atlest 2 inches gap shoud be there. They almost double in volume when done, so leaving a gap in between is a must.
Preheat a oven to 180 deg. Bake them for 15-20 mins in 180 deg in oven or 180 deg at convection mode in microwave.Bake till they turn light brown.
Cool them on wire rack for 30 mins till they become crisp. Store them in a air-tight container. They remain fresh for about 15 days.
NOTE: 1/2 beaten egg can be added to this recipe to get a glossy texture and different taste.
Preparation Time:30 mins
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