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Eggless Cumin Cookies
March 20th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Cookies, From Other Blogs, Salt and Spicy, Vegan Baking | 
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Since I’m also new to baking, I want to try very simple recipes only. This is one such cookie recipe. So if I can do it, anybody can do it. I’m stressing this point because I know how I used to think that “baking” and “difficult” were synonyms. So don’t hesitate to bake, just start with this recipe. You need not prepare a big shopping list to get the ingredients. Your pantry is not complete without these basic items. There is no creaming of butter and sugar, you don’t need any electric mixer. It’s as easy as kneading dough for rotis. Click here for the recipe.
My Notes:
1. I scaled down the entire recipe to half the original quantity. So I took 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1 tbspn cumin etc.
2. I added 1/4 tspn pepper powder. That’s the only addition I made, otherwise I just followed the recipe.
3. Once you form a ball of dough and roll it, it looks kind of flaky.
4. The recipe calls for baking at 180 C, so if you are in US you may want to bake it at 350 F for about 25 min.
5. I got around 20 cookies. It was a bit spicy for my family, so I would just reduce the amount of pepper and not totally omit it. It was a nice crunchy tea time snack. Each cookie had 2 layers. I have not captured this properly in my picture, but if you watch carefully Sunita’s picture of the cookies you can get an idea.
Stage 1:
In a mixing bowl combine all the dry ingredients and oil except milk.
Stage 2:
Add the milk and knead the mixture.
Stage 3:
Roll the dough, cut into desired shape and place it on a prepared baking tray.
Stage 4:
Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 350F for 20-25 minutes.
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June 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Do you have a recipe for atta biscuits we have in India. I remember going to bakery with ingredients to get these fresh baked biscuits whole weaht flour, ghee fennel seeds and milk is all i remember.
Sorry Bindu, I don’t have that recipe, but will definitely try it and post it when I find one.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:28 am
hi madhuram…I’m a lover of salty cookies And this one was awesome
Everyone loved it . I added little ajwain for extra flavour. Actually it reminded
me of the biscuits we used to get in Khadi…. hoping to see more salt & spicy varieties
Thanks Varsha for trying the recipe. I can imagine how good the cookies would have tasted with ajwain.
February 26th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Will try this right away. Madhu, u can also add flax seeds instead of jeera for some omega 3s.
But I hear that at very high heat the omega-3’s are lost. But anyway I keep adding flax seed powder to my chapathi dough.
August 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thank you very much for the feedback Priya. The original recipe is from Sunita’s blog and I was inspired by her and many others to bake.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Hi madhuram,
I must say your site inspired me to bake.I tried out the cumin cookie and I must say for a novice like me it came out well.Thanks for the step by step instructions.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I’ve been looking for a recipe for crunchy butter biscuits we used to get in India. Any suggestions?
March 27th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hi Chhaya,
Thanks. I saw many comments in various blogs asking for eggless recipes and even I was blog hopping to find them. So I thought why not put everything under one roof. Glad you like my site.
March 27th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Hi Madhuram !
I also love to bake and am experimenting with eggless recipes because I dont use eggs at home…so yours will be a great site to come to when I want some recipes 
Very nice site
Keep posting and Happy Baking !
March 24th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hi SS,
Sure anytime. You can go ahead and try this for the actual quantity mentioned in the original recipe itself. It was sooo good. It was over as soon as it came out of the oven. Wish I had made another batch for later!
March 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Would like to sample some