Pista Butter Biscuits | Homemade Pistachios Butter Biscuits | Baking

About The Recipe:

2017 Christmas & New Year Special - Pista Butter Biscuits | Homemade Pistachios Butter Biscuits - Basic butter biscuits with the twist of pistachios. Its buttery, crumbly texture and topped with pistachios. To make it more tastier, can also add chocolate chips and glaze with melted chocolate. Similarly you can also try with almonds and raisins. Follow the recipe with easy step by step instructions, images and video.

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Recipe : Pista Butter Biscuits | Homemade Pistachio Butter Biscuits | Baking Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 12 minutes (each batch) Recipe Cuisine: World Recipe Category: Biscuits Yield: 18 to 20 Biscuits

Ingredients :

Pistachios | Pista - 1\4 cup

Unsalted Butter - 50 gm (room temperature)

Brown Sugar - 50 gm (or powdered demerara sugar)

Milk Powder - 1 tbsp

Maida - 100 gm

Cooking Soda - 1\8 tsp

Salt - generous pinch

Milk - 1 tbsp (+ or -)

Extra

Maida - to dust

Butter - to grease

Method :

Preparations, roughly chop the pista and keep aside. Sieve the maida, cooking soda and salt, keep aside.

To make the butter biscuits dough, in a mixing bowl, add the butter, brown sugar and milk powder. Using spatula, mix them until light and creamy. Add in the sieved flour mixture and mix well. Add required milk and knead into dough.

Roll out the dough with dusting maida into approx 1\4 inch thickness. Sprinkle the chopped pista's on top and gently press or roll. Cut into 2 x 2 inch.

Grease the baking tray with some butter. Arrange the biscuits on tray, leaving some space between each biscuits. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes at 180 degree Celsius pre heated oven. Cool the biscuits in the tray for 5mins or until firm to tough. Then cool completely them on rack. Store in a air-tight container box.

Notes: Pista essence is not required. Use all the ingredients at room temperature. Instead of brown sugar, you can also use powdered demerara sugar, icing sugar or normal powdered sugar. To protect the flavor and drying out, tightly cover the biscuits with plastic cover and store in a air-tight container box.

Step By Step Images:

Preparations, roughly chop the pista and keep aside. Sieve the maida, cooking soda and salt, keep aside (missed the photo). To make the butter biscuits dough, in a mixing bowl, add the butter, brown sugar and milk powder.

Using spatula or electric beater, mix them until light and creamy. Add in the sieved flour mixture.

Mix well, then add required milk and knead into dough.

Roll out the dough on floured surface into approx 1\4 inch thickness.

Sprinkle the chopped pista's on top and gently press or roll. Then cut into 2 x 2 inch size.

Arrange the biscuits on greased baked tray, leaving some space between each biscuits. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes at 180 degree Celsius pre heated oven. Cool the biscuits in the tray for 5mins or until firm to tough. Then cool completely them on rack. Store in a air-tight container box.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with glass of milk. Page: Collection Of Baking | Cookies Recipes. Variation: Similarly you can also try with almonds and raisins. If you like this recipe: You will like this badam biscuits recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on Facebook

By Kalais