Butter Cookies :

Ingredients: (Basic)

• 150 gms. flour(maida)
• 100 gms. butter
• 75 gms. powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 5-6 drops vanilla essence

Method:

Mix sugar and butter till soft and fluffy. Add vanilla essence to it. Sieve flour and baking powder. Add this to sugar- butter mix and make dough. Roll it and cut in desired shapes with biscuit cutter.Bake in preheated oven for 16 minutes at 180 Degrees Centigrade. Let it stand for few minutes.The golden yummy, mouthwatering cookies are ready to eat.

Note: The alternative of biscuit cutter is: make equal size of small balls of dough. Roll and press in between palms to give flat round shape.

Variations:

Coconut Cookies :- Add 1/2 cup coconut powder to the batter and make biscuits in the same way.

Chocolate Cookies :- Mix 1/3 cup cocoa with hot water to make a smooth paste. Add this paste and 2 tsp. sugar to the basic batter. Roll, give shape and bake.