Nankhatai Recipe

                                             

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups All purpose flour 
1/2 cup Semolina (Soji)
2 sticks butter ( melted or softened)
3/4 Cup Sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 Egg
2 tbsp Custard Powder ( optional ) 
3 tbsp unsweetened desiccated coconut powder ( optional )
A pinch of cardamom powder. 
A few drops of vanilla essence
Yellow food color for decorating ( optional )

METHOD :
1)Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
2)Mix the egg, baking powder and vanilla essence in a bowl and keep it aside.
3)Take a different  bowl add butter and sugar , mix it together until it looks little creamy, then add flour, Semolina, custard powder, coconut, and cardamom powder and the egg mixture, combine it all together and knead a dough, the dough should feel creamy and soft , if it feels too dry add some evaporated milk.
4)Roll the nankhatai's into rounds, depending on the size you want 
5)If desired put a yellow color mark on the top of each nankhatai
6)Bake them for about 30 minutes, or untill they are golden brown on the sides. 
7)Cool them and Enjoy 

                     *I usually get around 40 nankhatai's, I don't roll them too big*