Rose Cashew Cookies

Recipe created by Chef Roland Gonsalves

This special monsoon recipe is a perfect gift to share with loved ones for the upcoming festivities of Eid and Raksha Bandhan.

Recipe Ingredients

Ingredient Weight
Pillsbury™ Egg Free Teatime Vanilla 900g
Refined Flour 100g
Margarine/butter 300g
Cashews chopped 75g
Rose essence 5g
Chilled water 30-50ml

Preparation

  1. Chill the margarine/butter and then chop it.
  2. In a mixing bowl, add the premix and flour and the butter/margarine.
  3. With a paddle attachment mix on medium speed till the entire dry ingredients get crumbed well in the fat.
  4. Add the rose essence to the chilled water.
  5. On a slow speed, Sprinkle chilled water little by little till the entire mixture forms a smooth and firm dough.
  6. Add cashews and mix the dough well on slow speed
  7. Very lightly dust a tray with flour
  8. Make round balls of desired grammage and arrange on the dusted tray.
  9. Garnish with chopped cashews.
  10. Bake at 175*C for 16 - 18 minutes.

Tips

  1. If you want chewy Cookies, reduce 40g butter/ and add 40g of refined sunflower oil.
  2. Milk can also be added instead of water.
  3. Once the cookie is baked, kindly release the cookie slightly from the tray as soon as out of the oven, this will avoid the cookie to stick to the bottom of Tray.