Assorted Cookies (Bakery style butter biscuits) Recipe by Food Fusion

Ingredients:

-Maida (All-purpose flour) 2 & ¾ Cups (350 gms)

-Corn flour ½ Cup (50 gms)

-Namak (Salt) 2 pinches

-Makhan (Butter) unsalted 1 Cup (250 gms) (Room temperature)

-Cheeni (Sugar) grinded 3/4 Cup (80 gms)

-Anday ki zardi (Egg yolks) large 3

-Vanilla essence ½ tbs

-Cocoa powder 4 tbs

-Strawberry jam

-Cooking chocolate

-Pista (Pistachio) & Badam (Almonds) chopped

-Chocolate ganache

Directions:

-In bowl,place sifter,add all-purpose flour,corn flour,salt and sift together,mix well and set aside.

-In bowl,add butter and beat until fluffy.

-Add sugar and mix with the help of the spatula then beat until well combined.

-Add egg yolks and beat well.

-Add vanilla essence and beat again.

-Gradually add sifted flour mixture and mix gently until well combined.

-Now divide the dough into two equal portions.

-Cover yellow dough with cling film and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.

-Add cocoa powder in the second portion and mix until well combined.

-Cover brown dough with cling film and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.

-Flatten the yellow dough and roll out with the help of rolling pin.

-Cut into desired shapes with the help of the cookie cutter.

-Make a slightly deep impression in the center of the dough and add jam.

-For jam filling cookies,take a small dough and make a ball,make a hole in the center and slightly press it.

-Now fill the center hole with the strawberry jam.

-Take a small dough and make a ball,make a hole in the center,add cooking chocolate,make a ball again and add marks with the help of the fork.

-Take a small dough and knead it with chopped pistachios & almonds,make a small ball again and press in cookie cutter to make a round shape,add pistachios and press it.

-For Checker board cookies,take a brown dough,cut into small pieces and roll out lengthwise with the help of the hand.

-Take a yellow dough,cut into small pieces and roll out lengthwise with the help of the hand.

-Now place yellow and brown bars together and apply milk over them.

-Place another yellow and brown bars alternatively to create a checker board effect,cover with cling film and gently press the bars together.

-Let it refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.

-Cut with the help of the knife into thick slices.

-Take a brown dough and make a ball,place cling film and roll out with the help of rolling pin.

-Cut into desired shapes with the help of the cookie cutter.

-On baking tray,place butter paper and all prepared cookies.

-Bake in preheated oven at 180 C for 10-12 minutes.

-Remove baking tray from oven and let cookies cool for 2 minutes.

-Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

-Pipe in chocolate ganache & serve.