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OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

First and foremost I wanna wish all of you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Here is a simple recipe for the easiest and yummy oatmeal raisin cookies. I found this recipe on the lid of the oats container and happened to try them out and to my surprise it was so very easy and turned out perfect. Hence I call it Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.



INGREDIENTS:
1/2 Cup (1 stick) butter , softened
1/2 Cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla
3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt(optional)
1.5 Cups Quick or Old Fashioned Oats
1/2 Cup Raisin

METHOD:

* Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree
* Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
* Now add in eggs and vanilla and beat well.
* Add combined flour,baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
* Stir in oats and raisins; mix well.
* Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
* Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
* Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet;remove and cool on wire.
* Makes about 2 dozens of delicious vanishing oatmeal raisin cookies.

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Spicy Biscuits
Ingredients:
Plain Flour (maida) - 2 cups
Baking powder -1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp
Ghee -1/2 cup
Curds - 3-4 tbsp
Green chillies - 2-3, chopped
Curry leaves - few, chopped
Ginger - 2 cm, chopped
Coriander leaves - few, chopped

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven to 170 0 C.
2. Sift flour with baking powder, sugar, and salt, add ghee and mix well.
3. Add rest of the ingredients and knead into a firm but pliable dough. (If the mixture is too stiff, some more curds can be added.)
4. Roll the dough into a sheet, about 5 mm thick.
5. Cut with a biscuit cutter (6-7 cm diameter) and place on a greased baking tray.
6. Bake till done- about 25-30 minutes.
7. Cool and store in an air tight container.

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Masala Biscuits
* Maida - 1 cup
* Masala Cookies
* Sugar - 2 tsp
* Salt to taste
* Butter - 1 stick
* Baking powder 3/4 tsp
* 4 green chillies chopped fine
* Curry leaves chopped
* Ginger grated
* 1/2 cilantro chopped fine
* 1/2 tsp mint chopped fine
* Curd/Yogurt - 3 tsp



Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add butter and mix till evrything mixes well. Do not knead, just shorten the mixture (until you get a bread crumb consistency).

Mix the chopped chillies, curry leaves, ginger, cilantro, mint. Add curds and mix. Roll the dough 1/8" thickness and cut to desired shapes.

Place on a greased baking sheet 2" apart Bake at 350 degree F for 15 minutes or till done. After they cool down, store in an air-tight container.
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SCALLION DROP BISCUITS
2 C flour
2 ts baking powder
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts baking soda
3 tbs vegetable shortening (I substituted it with Earth Balance soy butter)
1/4 C finally chopped Scallions
(1/4 C parmesan cheese)
1 C buttermilk ( I used 1 C soymilk + 1tbs apple cider vinegar)

Mix soymilk and apple cider vinegar together and set aside.

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda together.

Cut butter into the flour mixture with 2 knives. Once mixture is crumbly, add in milk (I had to add an extra 3-4 tbs cause it was too dry) and stir till just combined, then add in Scallions and parmesan cheese.

Drop by tablespoons onto greased baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.