I hate to throw away food. I’m usually the only one at work lunches who maybe asking for a to go box. By now, most of my coworkers know that I do not like to waste food and some of them are actually inspired by it. BUT….I have a confession to make.
There have been little too many batches of burnt cookies in my life. Needless to say all those batches needed to march towards the trashcan. My mom has never been a fan of the idea of me cooking. Therefore, I wasn’t allowed to cook during my teen years but I could bake once in a while. While I had baked great cakes often, I haven’t tamed cookie baking until recently.
Last fall, to be exact. After all those burnt cookies during my teen years, I haven’t baked cookies until last fall…and..voila!! Hubby loved them and slowly I regained my confidence.
These oatmeal cookies are not your sugar rich usual oatmeal cookies. These are savory with a slight hint of sugar flavored with cardamom and nigella seeds. The nigella seeds become aromatic during the baking process giving a slightly peppery and smoky flavor when you bite on a piece of the seed in the cookie. I can munch on them all day long. You’ll have to bake a batch and savor these delectable and healthy cookies to know how good these are.
- 2 cups Oatmeal, powdered
- ½ cup unsalted Butter
- ¼ cup confection sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 2-3 small cardamom, powdered
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nigella seeds
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper,
- Mix butter and sugar together.
- Add oatmeal flour, salt, cardamom powder, nigella seeds and baking powder.
- Slowly add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, in batches, to form dough.
- Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Make round cookie shape and place in lined cookie sheet.
- Bake until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely on wire rack.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container.
Baking time may vary depending on the thickness and size of the cookie.
Adjust salt quantity if using salted butter.
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রেসিপি: ওটমিল কুকি
উপকরন:
২ কাপ ওটমিল, গুড়া
১/২ কাপ মাখন
১/৪ কাপ চিনি
১/৪ কাপ দুধ
২-৩ টি ছোট এলাচ, গুড়া
১/২ চা চামচ বেকিং পাউডার
১/২ চা চামচ লবণ
¼ চা চামচ কালোজিরা
প্রণালী
১. ওভেন ৩৫০ ডিগ্রী ফারেনহাইটে প্রিহিট করুন।
২. একটি কুকি শীেট পার্চমেন্ট কাগজ বিছিয়ে রাখুন।
৩. মাখন ও চিনি মেশান।
৪. ওটমিল গুড়া, লবণ, ছোটো এলাচ গুঁড়া, কালোজিরা এবং বেকিং পাউডার মেশান।
৫. ধীরে ধীরে মাখন মিশ্রণে ওটমিল ময়দা মিশ্রণ এবং দুধ যোগ করে কুকি খামির তৈরি করুন।
৬. গোল কুকি আকৃতি তৈরি করে কুকি শীটে রাখুন।
৭. ১৫-২০ মিনিট বা হাল্কা সোনালি না হওয়া পর্যন্ত বেক করুন।
৮. ওভেন থেকে সরিয়ে সম্পূর্ণ ভাবে ঠান্ডা করুন।
৯. একটি বায়ুরোধী পাত্রে কুকি সংরক্ষণ করুন।
প্রয়োজনিও কিছু টিপস্ এর জনে্য দয়াকরে আটির্কেল অথবা ইংরেজি রেসিপির নোট সেকশনটা একটু দেখে নেবেন।
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Lail: What gorgeous pictures!!! Judging by your description and ingredients, these cookies are kind of coffee cookies because they are not sweet. I love the fact that they have cardamom, one of my favorite spices.
Thanks a lot, Denise. I love cardamom too.
Looks so good! I have been looking for what people call “nonta biscuits” in Bangladesh. I will give this a try once I have some time. Quick question, do you powdered the oatmeal yourself? And if I were to use ready made cardamom powder, how much should I use?
Thanks, Hana. I just used rolled oats and powdered in the food processor. I’ve never bought cardamom powder so I am not sure about the intensity of flavor in the packaged powder. However, I would think about 1/4 teaspoon should be a good start. Hope this helps.
As for your other question, I think “nonta biscuit” is called what you said, nonta biscuit 🙂 Are you asking about nankhatai?
I know what nankhatai is, I have made that before. This has “kalo jeera” which made me think that its in “nonta biscuit” category.
And thanks for the tips, will let you how it goes when I try it out 🙂
This is definitely in “nonta biscuit” category 🙂
Never heard of nigella seeds. I’ll have to look for those!
You may know it by black cumin/kalonji/kalojeera.
Love the addition of nigella seeds in these cookies…looks awesome!
My mother didn’t like me to cook either. Said I made too much mess. I’m so glad you’ve mastered cookie baking! xx
My mom’s reasons are a bit different 🙂 Thanks.
I’ve never eaten cookies with nigella seeds in them but I’m intrigued!
Thanks, Maureen.
Hi! Just stumbled upon your blog 🙂
YUM! These look great! I had to do a sneaky google of nigella seeds 😉 xx
Thank you for stopping by, Gemma. I realized after the post, I should have explained nigella seeds a bit more 😉
Thank you for visit my blogso we can share our yummy recipe from now on,nice to meet you here,Btw the oatmeal cookies looks yummy and stunning:)
Thank you for stopping by Ridwan and your kind words.
Those cookes are really original! I love the fact that you’ve used nigella seeds.
Cheers,
Rosa
Thank you, Rosa. Glad you like them.
Great looking cookies. I’ve never had any with nigella – interesting idea. Definitely something to try. Thanks so much.
Thanks a lot, John. You’ll be surprised at the result when you try.
Great cookies and love the nigella seeds in there! Beautiful plates and styling 🙂
Thanks a lot, Kiran. Means a lot to me coming from you 🙂
Love your savoury cookies and I am happy you mastered cookie baking! These are good for you in more than one way, especially with the addition of nigella seeds. I love the cardamom too.
Nazneen
You and I have a lot of common, Nazneen about food flavors. Thanks for your kind words.
Savory oatmeal cookies…that’s new..and the addition of nigella seeds as well. I will try out sometime. Nice pics!
Thank you, Shruti.
mmm, savoury is not really my style but I love your idea here 😀
And the photos of course!
Cheers
CCU
Thanks Uru. You can omit the salt to make these cookies sweet ones.
Wonderful Wonderful recipe.. just what I needed for a snack this weekend.. lovely neat pictures,
Thank you so much, Nupur, for your comment. Thanks for stopping by.
They look very good! Thanks for sharing this at my Pin Me Linky Party.
YUMMY! sounds so good!
Thanks for coming over to Super Sunday! Hope to see you back next week!
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These were the best cookies!!!! My absolutely favorite cookie is an oatmeal raisin cookie but I had never made them before in my life. I always go with chocolate chip cookies b/c that’s what everyone always asks for. I am in love. I whipped up 2 batches to give away for Christmas gifts and made a batch for myself! I baked mine at 325 for about 12 minutes. I also stirred in 1 tsp of cinnamon in with the dry ingredients. Thanks so much for posting!
I am so happy to hear that you love these oatmeal cookie. They are the best. Thank you!