Eggless Wheat Flour Jaggery Cookies – Sugar Free Cookies

 Every year I try some eggless baking recipes during December. This year I started baking with this healthy, eggless wheat flour jaggery cookies. Its an Indian style wheat flour cookies ( atta cookies) adding jaggery and cardamom powder. I followed the recipe from Cook with Manali. 

You can use cinnamon powder or vanilla essence for different flavor. I too recommend the same as my daughter din't like cardamom flavor. I have used ghee in this recipe. You can also use soft butter at room temperature. Since this is a whole wheat cookies with jaggery, its taste cannot be compared with usual butter cookies. But this tastes more like digestive biscuits. I have also discussed how to make this cookies without oven under step by step pictures section. Ok friends, do try this easy eggless atta cookies and share your feedback.

Check out my Eggless digestive biscuits, wheat flour custard cookies, Almond cookies, Ragi bisuits and other cakes n cookies recipes too !

Eggless wheat flour cookies with jaggery

Eggless wheat flour cookies with jaggery

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Cookies

Serves: 15 to 20 nos.

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 240ml Wheat flour / Atta - 1.5 cups Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Ghee at room temperature - 1/2 cup Powdered jaggery - 1/2 cup Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp Boiled milk - 3 tbsp ( at room temperature) Salt - a pinch

HOW TO MAKE EGGLESS WHEAT FLOUR COOKIES

1. In a bowl, sieve wheat flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon powder.
2. In a wide bowl, sieve powdered jaggery and remove the lumps if any.
3. Add semi solid ghee and mix well to make a paste.
4. Add milk and mix well. Add wheat flour mixture.
5. Make smooth dough. No problem if there are cracks in dough.
6. Cover and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
7. Roll the dough using rolling pin. Make cookies thin or thick as you like.
8. Prick with fork. Arrange in a baking tray lined with butter paper.
9. Preheat oven in convection mode at 180c. Bake the cookies for 15 to 20 minutes.
10. Remove once its baked to golden brown in bottom.  Let it cool down to become crispy.
11. Store in a box and enjoy with tea!

WHEAT FLOUR COOKIES - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

In a wide bowl, sieve whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon powder. In another bowl, sieve powdered jaggery and remove the lumps if any. Add ghee and mix well to dissolve jaggery. Add milk and make a paste. Add the sieved wheat flour mixture. Bring everything together to make a dough. If its too dry, add 1/2 tbsp more milk. But do not use more milk. Cookies may turn chewy, not crispy. No problem if the dough has cracks. Close and rest it for 15 minutes. In the mean time, line a baking tray with butter paper. Take the dough and roll with rolling pin. You can roll it thin or thick. Cut into rounds or any shapes as you like. Thick cookies takes more time to bake. So I would recommend to make thin sized cookies in thickness. This cookies won’t double in size after baking. So make round shapes and arrange in the baking tray with little gap. I kept 5 per batch. Prick the cookies with fork or tooth pick. Preheat oven in convection mode at 180c. Keep the baking tray and bake for 15 to 20 minutes based on the thickness of cookies. Keep an eye after 12 minutes. Bake till bottom of the cookies turn golden brown. Check if its not soft to touch. Remove the cookies and let it cool down in a wire rack or a plate. Bake the next batch. (Preheating is not needed for each batch).Cookies turn crispy after cooling down completely. If its not crispy, you can bake again for more time.   To bake the cookies without oven. :  Take an old unused kadai, flat or slightly curved kadai is fine. Keep the kadai in high flame and pre heat for 5 minutes. Now place a small plate or bowl as a stand. Keep the baking tray over the stand. Cover the kadai and lower the flame completely. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Keep an eye else cookies may burn. (Instead of baking in empty kadai, you can spread 1 inch powdered salt and follow the same).  Cookies turn crispy once its cool down completely. Store in an air tight box and enjoy with tea !

Note

For variations, you can add brown sugar. But quantity may slightly vary. Check for sweetness and add more if you need. I used cardamom powder for flavor but it was not so great. So I would suggest to use cinnamon powder or vanilla essence. This is a whole wheat cookies with jaggery. So its taste cannot be compared with usual butter cookies. Tastes more like digestive biscuits. Baking time varies from 12 to 20 minutes.

Try this healthy, wheat flour cookies and enjoy !

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