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Kesar Pista Cookies
Buttery saffron and pistachio shortbread — a little taste of mithai in a cookie.
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Kesar Pista Cookies
Recipe at a glance
- Prep time
- 15 mins
- Cook time
- 12 mins
- Total time
- 45 mins
- Servings
- About 20 cookies
Golden shortbread threaded with saffron milk and studded with pistachios. The dough smells like every wedding sweet you've ever loved and comes together in one bowl.
egglesscookiessaffronpistachioindian-inspiredfamily bake
Ingredients
8 items
Step-by-step method
Family-friendly
Two lists so everyone knows their job — grown-ups handle heat and blades, little hands do the fun bits.
🧒 Little Baker Jobs
- 🥣 Measure the flour and pistachios.
- 🥄 Stir the saffron milk into the butter mixture.
- 🟡 Roll the dough into little balls.
- 🌰 Press extra pistachios on top.
👩 Grown-Up Jobs
- 🔥 Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- ☕ Warm the milk and steep the saffron.
- ♨️ Slide the tray in and out of the oven.
Full detailed method
- 1Warm the milk and steep the saffron for 10 minutes until deep gold.
- 2Cream butter and icing sugar until pale. Beat in the saffron milk and cardamom.
- 3Stir in flour, salt and chopped pistachios to a soft dough. Chill 20 mins.
- 4Roll into small balls, flatten gently and press extra pistachios on top.
- 5Bake at 170°C for 10–12 mins until the edges are just gold. Cool on the tray.
Printed from bakewithkrutika.com/recipes/eggless-kesar-pista-cookies
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