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homemade cumin cookies or jeera biscuits
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Jeera Biscuits- Cumin Cookies

Cumin cookies or Indian bakery style jeera biscuits are delicious, addictive & not overly sweet cookies perfect with your evening tea. Buttery, crispy melt in mouth cookies with a wonderful flavor of roasted jeera or cumin seeds.
These are egg free cookies, made in shortbread style without any baking powder. Do try out these sweet and salty cookies and I am sure you will enjoy it as we do.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: cumin cookies, jeera biscuits
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 79kcal
Author: Harini

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour or wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn flour
  • 1/2 cup butter soft, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons cumin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons milk use only if needed to bring the dough together.
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Instructions

  • Heat a small pan and add 2 tablespoons cumin seeds to it. Roast for 1-2 minutes in low flame or until a nice aroma wafts out. Remove to a plate and let cool.
    roasting jeera or cumin seeds
  • Add 1/2 cup butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar to a mixing bowl.
    creaming sugar and butter for cookies
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until it is pale and light. You can use an electric beater or a stand mixer or hand held whisk to the beat the butter sugar mixture.
    creamed butter and sugar
  • Add 1 cup all purpose flour and 2 tablespoons corn starch or corn flour and salt. If you do not want to use corn flour you can just add 2 more tablespoons plain flour.
    flours added to creamed butter and sugar
  • Add the roasted cumin seeds
    roasted jeera added
  • Bring the dough together by mixing gently. Add 2-3 tbsp milk only if required to bring the dough together.
    Now you can either cover the dough with a parchment paper or roll into long log and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
    dough for making cumin cookies
  • You can also simply use a 1/2 teaspoon scoop and scoop out small balls as I do. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or grease well with cooking spray. Arrange the shaped jeera biscuits dough.
    cumin cookies ready to bake
  • Bake in the hot oven for 12-15 minutes or the color changes tp golden brown and edges turn crispy.
    baked cumin cookies
  • Let the cookies cool thoroughly in a wire rack. Store in airtight container and serve as required.
    cumin cookies ready to serve

Notes

  1. You can double the recipe.
  2. You can use wheat flour instead of plain flour.

Nutrition

Serving: 20servings | Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 152IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg