Atta badam biscuits

Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour-1 and 1/4 cup,
All purpose flour-1/4 cup,
Butter 100 gms-cold and cubed,
Milk powder-2 tbsp- (optional)
Icing sugar-1/3 cup,
Baking pwd-1 tsp,
Milk-1/4 cup,
Almonds - a handful.

Method:
Line tray with butter paper.
Take a bowl and put 1 and 1/4 cup of flour in it.

Sieve 1/4 cup of flour in it.

Mix and then add the butter.

Mix the butter with flour using your fingers into a coarse crumb and it holds together.

Add milk powder and sieved icing sugar to remove any lumps.

Gradually add milk and make a hard dough ball.

The dough has to be hard and not soft.

Cover and leave it for 10 minutes.
Pre heat oven to 180 C.
Chop the almonds on a cutting board into small pieces.
After ten minutes,knead the dough again.

Sprinkle some flour on the counter.

Roll the dough into 1/4 inch thickness.

Dip the cutter in the flour  to avoid the cutout biscuits from sticking to it.  

Place the cutout biscuits in the tray leaving some distance in between.
Prick the biscuits with a fork or toothpick.

Place the chopped almonds in the center of  each biscuit.

Press lightly for them to stick together.
(You can first brush the biscuits with butter or milk for the almonds to stick to the biscuits)
Bake the biscuits for 15 to 20 minutes or until the edges are brown and the top has a light brown colour.

Take out from oven and place it on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes.

Remove the tray and place the biscuits on wire rack to cool completely.

Keep in airtight containers.

Makes 25 biscuits.