Dog Face Shaped Cookies with Kadai (Without Oven, Eggless, No Maida)

I always look for interesting shapes to make cookies. I just liked this shape when I saw in it in a website and was tempted to try it immediately. This is ideal for Christmas baking.

For a change you bite the dog instead of the dogs biting you. Happy Baking.

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Full Video for Dog  Shaped Cookie :

Recipe Cuisine : International | Recipe Category: Baking

Preparation Time: 15 mins  | Baking Time: 10 mins | Yields: 20 cookies

 Ingredients:

Wheat Flour	1 cup
Fat  ( Butter / Margarine / Dalda / Vanaspathi)	½ cup
Icing Sugar (Recipe HERE)	½ cup
Badam	As required
Choco Chips	As required
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
For Baking without oven:
Table Salt	As required

Procedure:

1. In a bowl, add butter.  Beat the butter with electric beater or wire whisk till it becomes fluffy.

2. Then add icing sugar to the butter and mix them well.

3. Add Vanilla Essence, and then beat till it reaches fluffy consistency.

3. Now add the wheat flour to the butter mix and mix them well. Knead it into a soft and pliable dough. Leave it for 5 mins.

4. Meanwhile, Cut the Almonds into two halves vertically. Keep it aside.

5. Make gooseberry sized balls from the dough. Keep it aside.

Face:

6. Take one ball and make 1 inch diameter circle with ¼ inch thickness.

7.  Make circles from all the balls and keep it aside.

Ears:

8. Place the two almond halves (brown side up) at two sides of the circle and press them gently (refer the VIDEO).

9. Now slightly flatten the circle above the almonds

Eyes:

10. Place two choco chips (round part of the choco chip facing up) below the almonds.

Nose:

11. Place one ch0co chip (sharp part facing up) below and in between the already placed choco chips.

Ready to bake:

12. Dog face shaped cookies are now ready to bake.

13. Make all the balls  (from 7) into doggie face shape (from 8-11). Keep it aside.

Baking with Oven:

14. Take out the cookies using the flat spatula and keep it on the ungreased baking tray. Leave ½ inch space between the cookies.

15. Preheat the oven for 200 degree Celsius.

16. Bake the cookies for 10 mins at 180 degree Celsius.

Baking with Kadai / Pan:

17. Take out the cookies using the flat spatula and keep it on the ungreased baking tray. Leave ½ inch space between the cookies.

18. Add table salt in a thick kadai/pan and close the lid of the pan.  Heat the pan for 10 mins in medium flame. This is preheating step. Don’t use non stick pans.

19. Keep the tray on the salt and close the lid of the pan. Keep the flame at very low.  (please refer the video)

20. Allow to bake for 13 -15 mins.

After Baking:

21. Allow it to cool down completely in the tray itself.

22. Then take them out from the tray. Again cool them on wire rack.

23. Then store it in an airtight container for later use or serve it immediately.

Note:

1. Add enough salt, the baking tray should sit on the salt surface in the kadai.