Nankhatai, Cookies Form India Recipe

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Nankhatai, Cookies Form India
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Directions:

  1. Take a mixing bowl with the room temperature butter in it, add the powdered sugar to it and cream together till the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
  2. Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cardamom powder, baking powder and salt) into a separate bowl.
  3. Add this to the creamed butter mixture little at a time and keep mixing. Knead it to form a soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
  4. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 C). Make small gooseberry sized balls of the dough. Smooth the balls by rolling in between your palm, you can also use a cookie cutter to shape the cookies.
  5. Place each ball in a cookie sheet leaveing some space in between as the cookies will expand when it bakes.
  6. Press a pistachio or raisin or cashew or almond on top of the balls gently.
  7. Bake at 300 degrees for 12-15 minutes until the bottom of the cookies turn light golden brown.
  8. Remove from the oven and gently transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. The cookies will be very soft at this stage.
  9. After it cools completely, store in an air tight container for up to a month. Serve as a snack with a cup of tea.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 695.65 Kcal (2913 kJ)
Calories from fat 371.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 41.24g 63%
Cholesterol 61.01mg 20%
Sodium 462.94mg 19%
Potassium 1028.14mg 22%
Total Carbs 75.6g 25%
Sugars 32.75g 131%
Dietary Fiber 0.99g 4%
Protein 7.32g 15%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 67.1mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 502.55 Kcal (2104 kJ)
Calories from fat 268.14 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.79g 63%
Cholesterol 44.07mg 20%
Sodium 334.44mg 19%
Potassium 742.75mg 22%
Total Carbs 54.61g 25%
Sugars 23.66g 131%
Dietary Fiber 0.71g 4%
Protein 5.29g 15%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 9%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 48.5mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.2
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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