Rice Flour Cookies with Cardamom and Vanilla

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It is customary to leave cookies for Santa on the night before Christmas. I came across this unusual recipe in a book called 1001 Best Baking Recipes of All Time. I was struck by the unusual list of ingredients like rice flour and cardamom with vanilla. I had never used this combination earlier in cookies. When I baked these, I fell in love with both the unique flavour and texture. So, I thought why not give this to Santa – and by Santa, I mean myself 😀

Rice Flour Cookies with Cardamom and Vanilla
Rice Flour Cookies with Cardamom and Vanilla

Nutritive Value

Cookies are usually considered comfort food and, generally, are high calorific. These are no exception. Therefore, those who wish to avoid a high energy and high carbohydrate diet should stay away from these.

Ingredients

  • ½ C Raw Rice Flour
  • ½ C Maida (Refined Wheat Flour)
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ C unsalted Butter + 1 tsp extra for greasing
  • 1/3 C White Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° F or 180° C.
  2. Lightly grease three cookie sheets with the butter.
  3. Sift the flours and the baking powder together.
  4. In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, and vanilla essence and beat until creamy.
  5. Add the egg and mix well. Add the flour slowly in small amounts and blend.
  6. Add cardamom powder and salt and stir.
  7. Drop spoonsful of the batter on a baking sheet
  8. Bake the cookies until golden brown
  9. Store in airtight tins

Note

The cookies will become very soft during storage. Therefore, bake till they are slightly hard.

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