CUSTARD POWDER COOKIES RECIPE| RECIPE WITHOUT EGG AND BUTTER

When Varsha told me to bake some cookies for Teacher’s day celebration at her school, I was searching for some eggless cookies and my google search ends when i saw these eggless Vanilla custard powder cookies in Sowmya's blog. I like her baking recipes a lot. I loved the recipe as it is doesn’t have butter too. For me taking out the butter before hand and handling them in the measuring cup is a lazy job!!. This recipe has used oil and they turned out totally awesome. No where i could find the oil taste in the cookie.
The place where I did the mistake was i over baked the first batch , though she mentioned in the recipe not to do that, and i got many of them burnt. But the second batch i took out in the right time and they really melted in the mouth.Click here for the original recipe. She used whole wheat flour too but i used only All purpose flour.
Also check out my

• Eggless chocolate cookies
• Eggless chocolate cookies (with pressure cooker baking option)

INGREDIENTS:(YIELDS 40- 45 COOKIES)

MAIDA | ALL PURPOSE FLOUR	2 CUPS
CUSTARD POWDER	1/2 CUP
BAKING POWDER	3/4 TSP
BAKING SODA	1/2 TSP
SUGAR	1 CUP
OIL	1 CUP
VANILLA ESSENCE	1 TSP

METHOD:

• Combine the flour, custard powder(i used Vanilla flavor) baking soda and baking powder.
• If you want for even mixing just sieve them together.

• Combine the sugar and oil and mix this till the sugar gets dissolved.
• I wanted to make it easy and  put them both in a mixer and whipped for a minute.
• Slowly add this to the dry ingredients(flour mixture) and combine well.
• Make it into a smooth dough.

• Pinch small portion of your dough. Make it into a smooth ball and flatten it. I just made lines with fork which is just optional.

• Line the baking tray with Parchment paper(butter paper)
• Place the cookies slightly away from each other. Mine slightly expanded while baking. Bake it for 10 minutes at 170 degree C.
• Take out from the oven and cool them in a wire rack.
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• These are the first batch of my cookies which are slightly over baked.
• The cookies were soft when u take out from the oven. Once completely cooled they will become firm and crispy.
• Though these cookies were made with oil, they just melted in the mouth.

NOTE:

• Never over bake the cookies. Take out them when they are soft.
• If the dough is stiff while kneading add a tblsp of cold milk or water to make it a smooth dough.
• Chocolate chips or tutti fruity can be garnished on the top before baking the cookies.
• I used Vanilla custard powder, and i love to try this again with butter scotch flavor too.