Atta biscuits

Ingredients:
Atta or wheat flour - 1 cup or 140 gms,
 White sugar(powdered)-1/3 cup or 70 gms( you can less the sugar for mild taste)
 Cold butter-100 gms-cut into cubes,
 Cold milk -1/4 cup,
Cardamom or elaichi - 2 or 3.

Method:
Pre heat oven to 180 C
Place butter paper on the tray.
Take a bowl and mix atta or whole wheat pwd,powdered sugar,elaichi pwd and cubed cold butter.

Mix using your fingers and make into a coarse mixture,crushing the cold butter.

Gradually add the cold milk,using 2 tbsp at the start.

Use only so much milk as to bind the dough.
Make a ball and leave it for ten minutes.

Cover with a cloth.
Sprinkle some flour on the counter and roll the dough into 1/4  inch thickness.

Using a cutter or any top of a bottle,cut out cookies.

Place the biscuits on the tray.
Since the dough does not have any soda or baking pwd,it will not expand.
Place the biscuits closely,leaving little space in between.

Bake the biscuits for 20 minutes or till you see the bottom edges brown and the top edges has some colour.

Take out from oven and place it on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.

After ten minutes,remove the tray and take out the biscuits from the butter paper.

Let the biscuits cool on wire rack.

Once the biscuits are at room temperature,keep in air tight containers.

Makes 24 biscuits.