Can I make an eggless cookie? I was wondering about that till yesterday. Yes I can, I did it. I had tried eggless versions of cornmeal banana cake and cornmeal bread both of which were utter failure. The enthusiastic cook in me pulling me forward but mind was pulling me backwards, and finally the cook in me won and decided to make cookie. There are lots of recipes on the web using flaxseeds and egg replacer as substituted for egg, and I had used flax seed meal previously in my disaster attempt. Hence I did not want to use flax seeds as an egg replacement.
This cookie is modified version of Amigdalota (Greek Almond Macaroons), which contain egg whites, bread crumbs and lemon juice. The modified version uses cornmeal, yogurt and whole wheat flour. Almonds are rich in Vitamin E and mono saturated fat and responsible for lowering the bad cholesterol or LDL, you can read more about almond from here. Milled products or corn such as cornmeal are rich in antioxidants, especially carotenoids, such as lutein etc. Apricots are considered to be very nutritious fruit, which are an excellent source of vitamin B, beta carotene, fiber, iron and vitamin C. It is found that drying apricots only concentrate these vitamins, and they make wholesome, healthy snacks.
I have adapted Sunita’s recipe but made my own changes. It is easy breezy recipe. This cookie is crunchy from cornmeal with surprise sweetness from apricot and aroma from orange zest. I made it this way.
What you need
Almond meal/ground almond: ⅓ cup
Coarse ground yellow corn meal: ⅓ cup
Sugar: ⅓ cup
Salt: ⅛ teaspoon
Baking soda: ½ teaspoon
Whole Wheat flour: 7 tablespoon
Yogurt: ½ cup (Try to remove maximum water by straining, I used whole fat yogurt)
Apricot: ¼ cup (Chopped finely)
Canola oil: 3 tablespoon
Orange Zest: 1 tablespoon
Silvered almond: 24 no
How I made
In a bowl, combine whole wheat flour, corn meal, almond meal, salt, sugar, orange zest and baking soda using a rubber spatula. To this add oil and mix everything until combined.
Make a well in the middle of flour mixture and add yogurt and fold in until everything combined well.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours. (In order to speed up the time I put first 30 minutes in the freezer and rest in refrigerator).
Preheat oven to 340 degree F. Line the baking sheet with a parchment paper and Drop a scoop full of the cookie dough leave 2 inch apart. Arrange couple of slivered almonds on top.
Bake for about 25-30 minutes until golden. Cool it in cookie sheet for 1 minute and transfer to wire rack and cool completely. Store it in an airtight container.
Preparation time: 45 minutes + 2 hours for chilling
Yield: 12 medium size cookies
Verdict: Crunchy Yummy cookie
Will you make it again: Yes
I am sending this crunchy yummy cookie to
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Swathi
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Elsa says
I would love to try an egg free cookie and this one looks like a good place to start. 🙂 Looks delicious!
Sharmilee! :) says
Crunchy tasty cookies out there!
simply.food says
Lovely cookies and egg free too.
Kalai says
Hi Swathi,
Simple yet wonderful blog! Came here from Blogger buddies! Even I am new to the world of food blogging..Will try your recipes and will let you know.
Jagruti says
Hi Swathi
Yummy cookies..they are tempting...good blog..came here from simple indian food blog..
Happy cooking and blogging
Please visit mine if you can
http://joyofcooking247.blogspot.com
AshKuku says
Lovely cookies.... Well prepared & presented & captured well too.... They look tempting.... U have a nice space.... Came here from Simple Indian Food.... Good that she introduces new spaces to the BLOGGYWOOD!!!! A Warm Welcome To You...... & a Happy Sankranti to you & your family......
I liked those rose cookies too.... The Christmas special..... Lovely roses they are....
Gr8 going!!!! Happy Blogging!!!!
Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine says
Hey, checked your profile as budding blogger at EC....you have a nice space here...in between..cookies looks awesome, its a different combination I have ever tried...cant wait to try..check our space at http://a2zvegetariancuisine.blogspot.com
Blogman Badman says
Looks great and very tasty. You and your reader may find the link below useful.
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Sharmilee! :) says
Hmm cookies looks chewy and crunchy!
Swathi says
sunita and madhuram thanks
egglesscooking says
That's a different kind of combination I have not tried so far, Swati. Thank you very much for sending it to the event.
sunita says
Swathi, glad you liked the cookies 🙂
Swathi says
priya thanks for the comment
lubna, i loved apricot in the cookies try some day
Kitchen Flavours says
Wow...love the flavour of apricot in cookies..looks yum...
Priya says
Cookies looks gorgeous and awesome Swathi..