Zeera Biscuits
The excellent salty and sweet combination of Zeera biscuits is a nice change from the glut of sweet cookies. Your cravings for sweet and spicy flavors can both be satisfied by these namkeen biscuits (savory cookies). These are crunchy, buttery, and quite irresistible.
- 1/4 cup Butter (softened, 56 grams)
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg (small)
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Step 1:
Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Step 2:
- Combine the butter and sugar in a large bowl and whisk for a few minutes.
- Add one egg and stir just long enough to combine.
- Step 3:
Add the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, and cumin seeds). Mix well by spatula. Then bring the dough together using hands and let it refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Step 4:
Preheat the oven to 180C. Use a rolling pin to roll out a thick sheet of dough in a rectangle shape. Use a round cutter to cut out small circles of the dough. Transfer these biscuits to baking tray.
- Step 5:
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the biscuits turn golden brown in colour. Remove from oven and let it cool on wire rack. Serve these biscuits with tea!