Healthy Whole Wheat Flour Cookies

Kids love cookies. And we as parents always prefer giving them something healthier to eat rather than cookies. I finally tried this prefect cookie recipe which uses wheat flour instead of all purpose flour and jaggery instead of sugar, thus making them quite healthy. These cookies are tasty enough to attract kids and healthy enough to keep the moms happy. My toddler just loved them. It also serves as a great item to carry on an outing.

We also have another healthy whole wheat flour chocolate chip cookies recipe on our blog which you might be interested in checking.

So there you go…try out this recipe of healthy whole wheat flour cookies and let us know how you find it.

Makes: 20-25 cookies
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour: 1 cup
Baking Powder: 2 tsp
Cold Butter: 5 tbsp (approx 100 gm)
Salt: A pinch
Jaggery: 1/2 cup
Milk: 1-2 tbsp

Method of Preparation:

1. Mix together the whole wheat flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.
2. Chop the butter into very small pieces and add it to the wheat flour.
3. Mix well with your hand so that butter blends with flour and resembles crumbs. Add jaggery and mix well.
4. Add as much milk as is required to make a soft dough. Knead well to make a smooth dough.

5. Dust the rolling board and rolling pin with flour. Take a portion of this dough and roll it out on the rolling board to 1/4 inch thickness.
6. Cut it out using the cookie cutter to desired shapes.
7. Gather the remaining dough and repeat procedure.
   I divided the cookies into two batches. Place the cookies on a greased tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for around 10-12 minutes. You will know that the cookies are done once the base starts browning.
8. Remove from the tray and let cool. Remember that once the cookies cool down, they harden a little more.
9. Store in airtight container