Top 20 Eggless Cookies Recipes

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Written by Nisha Sharma
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1.

Nankhatai

These butter-loaded delicacies will make you feel like there is a party in your mouth.

Ingredients

  1. One cup all-purpose flour
  2. One fourth cup semolina
  3. 2/3 cup of powdered sugar
  4. 2/3 cup of clarified butter
  5. Four ground cardamom
  6. Pista flakes for garnishing

Method

  • Beat the sugar and clarified butter until they are combined
  • Sift all dry ingredients
  • Add all the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine
  • Knead to a soft dough
  • Make round balls and flatten them into a disc shape
  • Top them with pista or almond flakes
  • Bake them in a pre-heated oven for 30 minutes at 180C
  • Let them cool
  • Store them in an airtight container, and it will last for a month.

2.

Coconut Cookies

The nutty taste of coconuts which will complement the sugary sweetness of the cookies.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. A pinch of baking powder
  3. A pinch of salt
  4. ½ cup powdered sugar
  5. A few drops of vanilla essence
  6. 1/4th cup dry, desiccated coconut
  7. ½ cup of softened butter

Method

  • Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt
  • Beat the butter until it’s light and add sugar to it
  • Add the dry ingredients to the butter
  • Add the desiccated coconut
  • Knead to form a soft dough
  • Roll it out on a greased platform in ½” thickness
  • Cut out with cookies cutters
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 18 minutes.

3.

Chocolate Nankhatai

 Pamper your taste buds with the perfect blend of a traditional biscuit with chocolate. A match made in heaven!

Ingredients

  1. One cup all-purpose flour
  2. ¼ cup cocoa powder
  3. ½ cup fine sugar
  4. ½ cup clarified butter
  5. ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  6. One tablespoon chocolate chips for topping

Method

  • Sift the cocoa powder to ensure there are no lumps
  • Mix the baking powder and all purpose flour and combine well
  • Add sugar and butter and mix it together
  • Knead for five minutes
  • Add one teaspoon of milk if the dough is dry
  • Make small balls and flatten them
  • Press a few chocolate chips on each ball of dough
  • Bake the nan khatai in a preheated oven at 180C for 15-18 minutes

4.

 Shortbread Cookies

 These melt-in-your-mouth cookies will give you a taste of heaven.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. 75-gram butter
  3. 1/3 cup sugar
  4. ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

  • Melt the butter and add powdered sugar to it
  • Beat the butter until it becomes aerated
  • Add vanilla essence
  • Add the all purpose flour and combine it all together
  • Do not over-knead
  • Let the dough rest in a cool place for one hour
  • Make medium sized balls from the dough and slightly flatten them
  • Assemble them on a lightly greased baking tray
  • Bake them in a preheated oven at 200C for 12 minutes.

5.

Almond Cookies

Almonds will add a healthy crunch to your sinful indulgence.

Ingredients

  1. One cup of all-purpose flour
  2. ½ cup almonds
  3. ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  4. ¼ teaspoon almond essence
  5. ½ cup confectioners sugar
  6. 1 tablespoon milk

Method

  • Blend the almonds into a coarse powder in a mixer grinder
  • Sift the all purpose flour and baking powder thrice
  • Beat the butter and sugar in a separate bowl
  • Add almond essence and milk
  • Add the dry ingredients and knead to form a dough
  • Make round balls and flatten them to form cookies
  • Place them on a tray lined with parchment paper
  • Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 200C

6.

 Gingernut cookies

A perfect match between the spicy taste of ginger and the sweet goodness of cookies.

Ingredients

  1. 5 cups of all-purpose flour
  2. ½ cup of brown sugar
  3. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  4. 1/3 cup of butter
  5. 2 tablespoons golden syrup
  6. One teaspoon ginger powder (saunth)

Method

  • Beat together butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar
  • Sift all-purpose flour, baking powder and ginger powder thrice
  • Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients
  • Knead it into a hard dough
  • Grease the baking tray
  • Pinch out medium sized balls from the dough and flatten them
  • Place them on the baking tray at some distance from each other
  • Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180 C for 15 minutes 

7.

 Cumin Cookies

 Also known as jeera biscuits, these taste awesome with tea.

Ingredients

  1. One cup all-purpose flour
  2. 1/3 cup butter
  3. ½ teaspoon salt
  4. 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
  5. 1 teaspoon cumin

Method

  • Lightly roast cumin in a pan
  • Crush it coarsely and keep it aside
  • Take softened butter and add powdered sugar to it
  • Add all purpose flour in batches and mix till combined
  • Add the crushed cumin and knead it for 2 minutes
  • Dust the rolling surface with some flour
  • Roll out the dough to .5cm thickness
  • Cut out cookies with cutters
  • Place them on a greased tray
  • Bake at 180C for 15 minutes

8.

Tutti Frutti Cookies

An all-time favorite of kids also called Karachi biscuits

Ingredients

  1. 1 cups All-purpose flour
  2. ¼ cup of corn flour
  3. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  4. ½ cup superfine sugar
  5. ½ cup butter
  6. ½ teaspoon mixed fruit essence
  7. Three tablespoons of tutti-frutti
  8. One tablespoon milk

Method

  • Sift All purpose flour, corn flour, and baking powder
  • Mix in the sugar
  • Add butter and incorporate it into the flour until it looks like wet sand
  • Add milk and bring the dough together
  • Do not knead
  • Shape it into a log and cover it tightly with cling film
  • Refrigerate overnight
  • Preheat the oven at 180C
  • Take the cookie dough log out and cut in in thick slices
  • Place each slice on a greased baking tray
  • Bake for 20 minutes

9.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Why stick to just boring Peanut Butter sandwiches when you can make more?

Ingredients

  1. 1/4cup peanut butter
  2. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  3. ½ cup powdered sugar
  4. 4 tablespoon shortening or vanaspati
  5. Two tablespoon broken peanuts

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
  • Put peanut butter, shortening, and sugar in a mixing bowl
  • Beat it until it’s creamy and light
  • Add the flour and mix it well
  • Sprinkles crushed peanuts
  • Knead it into a soft dough
  • Make small balls and flatten them
  • Put them on a greased baking tray
  • Bake it for 20 minutes at 180C

10.

Walnut cookies

The omega acids rich nuts enveloped in the warmth of a sugary cookie.

Ingredients

  1. One cup all-purpose flour
  2. ½ cup confectioners sugar
  3. ½ cup butter
  4. 1 teaspoon vanilla syrup
  5. ¼ cups lightly crushed walnuts
  6. ¼ teaspoon baking powder

Method

  • Preheat the oven at 160C
  • In a bowl sift the all-purpose flour and baking powder
  • In another bowl beat the butter and then add sugar to it
  • Mix the vanilla syrup
  • Add walnuts and sifted flour
  • Knead well for a minute
  • Make round balls and run a fork over them to give the cookies a criss-cross pattern
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes

11.

Raisins and Orange cookies

 The citric tartness of oranges and the sugary sweetness of raisins coming together as one.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. ¼ cup sugar
  3. 75-gram butter
  4. ½ teaspoon orange essence
  5. Orange zest (to taste)
  6. ½ cup chopped raisins

Method

  • Preheat oven at 200C for ten minutes
  • Add softened butter and sugar in a mixing bowl
  • Beat well
  • Add vanilla and mix it well
  • Add flour and form a soft dough
  • Add raisins and orange zest and mix them uniformly
  • Shape it into a log and wrap it in cling film
  • Refrigerate for 2 hours
  • Cut them in slices and bake on a greased tray for 15 minutes

12.

Cinnamon cookies

These cinnamon cookies that will make you drool.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup refined flour
  2. 1/3 cup butter
  3. One teaspoon cinnamon powder
  4. ¼ cup sugar
  5. ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

  • Take flour and cinnamon powder in a bowl and whisk it.
  • Beat the butter and sugar in a separate bowl
  • Add the flour to the butter and sugar mixture
  • Gently mix it until it becomes a dough
  • Roll the dough on a greased counter top to ¼ inch thickness
  • Use a cookie cutter to cut out cookies
  • Place it on a greased baking tray
  • Bake these cookies in a preheated oven at 180C for 22 minutes

13.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

No list would be ever complete without the inclusion of this chocolatey goodness. It tastes best when eaten with milk.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup refined flour
  2. One tablespoon cornflour
  3. 100ml condensed milk/mithai mate
  4. ¾ cup butter
  5. 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
  6. ½ teaspoon Chocolate essence

Method

  • Sift flour and baking soda in a bowl
  • Beat condensed milk with butter in a separate bowl
  • Add dry ingredients and vanilla essence
  • Combine it well
  • Add chocolate chips and lightly mix the dough
  • Cover the dough and place it in the fridge to refrigerate for an hour
  • Shape the dough into small balls
  • Place the flattened balls on a greased baking tray
  • Bake the cookies for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 180C

14.

Cornflakes Cookies

The best way to start a day is a breakfast of cornflakes cookies.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. ½ cup butter at room temperature
  3. ½ cup powdered sugar
  4. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  5. ½ teaspoon vanilla
  6. ½ cups corn flakes

Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 180C
  • Coarsely crush the cornflakes and keep them aside
  • Beat the butter and powdered sugar until it is fluffy
  • Mix vanilla essence and mix it well
  • Add baking powder and all purpose flour and combine it together
  • Knead it to a soft dough
  • Make small balls from dough
  • Roll the balls in cornflakes and gently press them
  • Bake them on a greased tray for 20 minutes

15.

Cashew Butter Cookies

Rich and delicious cookies.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup plain flour
  2. 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  3. 1/3 cup butter
  4. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  5. 2 teaspoon milk
  6. 2table spoon cashews

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180C
  • Beat butter and sugar with a whisk until they become creamed well.
  • Add vanilla essence
  • Add the flour and mix well
  • If the dough is not coming together add some milk
  • Fold in chopped cashew nuts
  • Roll the dough into a log and cut it into round disks
  • Place cookies on baking tray
  • Bake at 180C for 20 minutes

16.

Gems Cookies

You are never too old for Gems and definitely never too old for Gems cookies.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  2. ¼ cup butter
  3. 1/3 cup sugar
  4. ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  6. 2 tablespoon gems

Method

  • Preheat the oven.
  • In a mixing bowl sieve refined flour and baking powder
  • In the second bowl beat egg and sugar until creamy.
  • Add vanilla essence.
  • Add ingredients in the first bowl to the second bowl
  • Mix them well
  • Makes small balls of dough and press gems on them
  • Place the cookies on a greased baking tray
  • Bake them for 20 minutes

17.

Honey Oats cookies

Honey and oats are the healthiest ingredients to make a guilt-free cookie.

Ingredients-

  1. 1 cup refined flour
  2. ½ cup butter
  3. 1 cup rolled oats
  4. ½ cup honey
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200C
  • Mix oats and plain flour in a bowl
  • In the second bowl, mix honey and butter and beat it well
  • Add all the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and combine it
  • Roll the dough parts into small balls and place them on the baking sheet
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes

18.

Sprinkles Cookies

 Everything tastes better with SPRINKLES!

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup refined flour
  2. ¾ cup butter
  3. ¼ cup oil
  4. 1 cup rainbow sprinkles
  5. ½ cup sugar
  6. ½ cup honey
  7. Two teaspoons vanilla essence
  8. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  9. ½ teaspoon salt

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 350C
  • Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl
  • In the second bowl, combine butter, oil, sugar and beat it well
  • Add the dry flour mix to the wet ingredients and combine it
  • Now add the vanilla essence and honey and mix until the dough comes together
  • Roll the dough parts into small balls and press the sprinkles on them
  • Place them on the baking tray
  • Bake for 20 minutes

19.

Fruit And Nut Cookies

Styled like the perfect fruit & Nut cake, but only as a cookie.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup refined flour
  2. ¾ cup butter
  3. ¼ cup oil
  4. ¼ cup shredded coconut
  5. ¼ cup dates
  6. ¼ cup sliced almonds
  7. ¼ cup pistachio
  8. ¼ cup raisins
  9. ¼ cup peanuts
  10. ½ cup sugar
  11. 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
  12. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  13. ½ teaspoon salt

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 350C
  • Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl
  • In the second bowl, combine butter, oil, sugar and beat it until it turns fluffy
  • Add the vanilla essence
  • Combine the dry flour mix with the wet ingredients
  • Stir in the coconut, almond, date, pistachio, peanuts, and raisins
  • Roll the dough parts into small balls
  • Place them on the baking tray
  • Bake for 20 minutes

20.

Atta Biscuits

The plain old biscuits because sometimes it is the little things that bring joy.

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup whole wheat flour
  2. ¾ cup caster sugar
  3. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  4. ½ teaspoon salt
  5. ½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
  6. ½ cup oil
  7. One tablespoon milk

Method

  • Preheat oven at 180C
  • Mix oil, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl and beat it
  • Add all the dry ingredients and mix
  • Add the milk and knead it as a dough
  • Make them as small balls and flatten them
  • Cook for 10 to 12 minutes

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