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Salty short bread cookies

These cookies melt in the mouth and are a crowd puller
Course Snack
Cuisine English, Scottish
Keyword Balaji bakery salt biscuit, How to make salt biscuits, Melt in the mouth salt biscuits
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 30 biscuits
Author Hema Magesh

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups All Purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup corn flour
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence/ sugar

Instructions

  • Sift together the flours and salt.
  • Powder the sugar and cream it with butter till fluffy.
  • Add the flour to it. Mix in the vanilla sugar or vanilla essence. Incorporate everything together by mixing lightly. Do not knead. 
  • Refrigerate for half an hour
  • After half an hour , make even sized roundels and place it apart from each other on a baking tray.
  • Preheat the oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.
  • Bake the cookies for about 10 - 12 minutes in the middle rack at  180°C .
  • Transfer to cooling rack , once the corners turn golden brown.
  • Store in air tight containers once cooled.