Jeera Cookie | Roasted Cumin Shortbread Cookie
This delicious and addicitve Jeera Cookies is all you need with your cup of coffee or tea. A melt in the mouth shortbread cookie flavored with roasted cumin brings the savory and sweet together in a wonderful way.
Servings: 18 Cookies
Calories: 86kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup All Purpose flour might need a little more or less to bring the dough together
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted -1 stick (softened)
- ⅓ cup Powdered Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds roasted and slightly crushed
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. I like to use double baking sheet to keep the base of the cookies from becoming too dark.
- In a pan, roast the cumin seeds until lightly brown and aromatic. It takes just 2 minutes in low heat. Once the cumin seeds cool down a bit, crush it lightly and keep it ready.
- In a bowl, whisk the butter and the powdered sugar until creamy. Softened butter really helps to bring it together quickly.
- In another bowl, sift the flour along with the baking powder and the salt.
- Add the flour in batches and mix it with a spatula to bring it together and form a soft dough. Start with a cup of flour and then slowly add about a teaspoon of flour at a time to bring the dough to the right consistency.
- At this point add the roasted and crushed cumin seeds to the flour mixture and make the dough
- You could roll the dough out to about ⅛th of an inch thickness right away or keep it in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes and then roll it. I tried it both ways and it really did not affect the quality of the cookies.
- When rolling the dough, make sure to liberally dust your work surface and the rolling pin with flour.
- Use a cookie cutter, shape out the cookies and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for about 15 to 17 minutes or until they are slightly golden at the edges.
- Remove the cookies from the tray and place them on the cooling rack to completely cool.
- Store the cookies once they are completely cooled down in a air tight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 158IU | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg