Nankhatai Cookies

Ingredients:

Butter - 1/2 cup / 4 OZ ( kept under room temp)
All purpose Flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
almonds ( sliced) - few

Method :

1. Take a bowl and beat the butter along with sugar until it is creamy enough
2. Now in a separate bowl, add all -purpose flour , baking powder, salt mix it well & keep aside
3. Now in the butter mixture, add portions of the flour mixture(not all at a time) and mix it well into a soft dough
4. Rest it for about 10 min
5. Now make the dough into equal portions shape it in desired way, decorate with almonds
6. Preheat the oven up to 300C for 15 min
7. Now place the cookie tray in the oven and let it cook for about 20-25 min .
8. Switch off the oven and rest them for 5 min .
9. Now remove from oven and let the cookies cool down to room temperature.

A very delicious cookie recipe which can be stored for long time ..