Salt Biscuits/ Cookies

5 from 10 votes

Delicious Salt Biscuits/ Cookies akka melt in mouth salted shortbread cookies goes well with cup of tea or coffee.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Salt biscuits, salted shortbread cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 118kcal

125 g Margarine/butter combo 4 ½ tablespoon vegetable shortening and 4 ½ tablespoon butter
250 g / 1 ¾ cup All purpose flour/ Maida
6.25 g / 2 ½ teaspoon Custard powder I used Vanilla flavored Custard Powder
6.25 g/ 1 ¼ teaspoon Salt
6.25 g/4 teaspoon Milk powder
62.5 g/ ⅓ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Baking soda Use 6.25g of baker’s ammonia if you have in your hand
50 ml/ 5 tablespoon Water
¼ th of Large Egg

In a bowl of kitchenaid stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment cream shortening, butter and sugar .Then add egg and mix everything well and set aside.
In a bowl sift flour, salt, custard powder, milk powder and baking powder and this flour mixture to egg –shortening and butter mixture and water to form smooth dough.
If you want you can freeze the dough at this point. When you are ready to bake bring it back to room temperature and bake.
Preheat oven to 375 F
Transfer the dough onto lightly floured surface, spread it into ¼ inch thick sheet, prick all over the dough surface with fork (if you have fancy device in your collection use it now). Cut it into thin rounds with a 2 ¼ inch biscuit cutter. Cookies should be thinner than Osmania biscuits.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until it become golden brown in color.
Enjoy with Irani chai or any tea with milk.

This recipe is adapted from here