Cashew Cookies

One of my daughter's favorites...She is learning to speak..She calls cashew as 'kho'...So i try to add cashews to every sweet i make too!!Made this especially for her...They came out really crunchy...Here goes the recipe...

Ingredients:

Broken cashews:150 gms

Plain flour:500 gms

Wheat flour:500 gms

Sugar:500 gms,powdered

Ghee:450 gms(You can use dalda and butter also)

Baking powder:1/4 tsp

Egg:1

Preparation:

Powder the sugar in a mixer and keep it aside...

Chop the cashews also and keep aside...

Powder 50 gms of the cashews and keep aside...

Now butter together the ghee and sugar until smooth...

Add the egg and beat until fluffy...

Now sieve the flours,add baking powder and add to the bowl with the egg mixture...

Mix slowly...Now add the cashew powder and fold gently...

Add the chopped cashew nuts and fold gently...

Now make small balls and flatten them on a cookie sheet and place in a preheated oven...

Oven should be preheated to 350 degrees...

Bake for about 7 to 8 minutes till the cookies attain a brown colour...

Cook on wire rack...

Cashew cookies are ready!!

Enjoy baking the cookies...

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