Elaichi Cream biscuit recipe | Cardamom flavoured cream biscuit
Relive your childhood memories with these Indian Elaichi Cream Biscuit Recipe (Cardamom flavoured cream biscuits). Aromatic cardamom/ elaichi cream is sandwiched in between eggless, melt in the mouth biscuits made with just 4 ingredients and few simple steps to follow.
Servings: 12 biscuits
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Hand held electric whisk
- large baking tin
- baking/parchment paper
- cookie cutter
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 110 grams Unsalted Butter soft, room temperature
- 50 grams Caster sugar (I used unrefined golden caster sugar)
- 125 grams All purpose flour / Maida
- 1/4 tsp Elaichi / Cardamom powder
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
For the Elachi cream (cardamom cream)
- 1/2 tsp Elaichi powder
- 50 grams Butter soft, room temperature
- 110 grams Icing sugar
- a drop of green food colouring (this is totally optional)
Instructions
To make the biscuits:
- In a large bowl place the butter and caster sugar.
- Now with a hand held electric whisk beat on low heat until the sugar is mixed with the butter, then increase the speed and beat till light and creamy and fluffy.
- Then slowly incorporate the flour and cardamom powder, vanilla extract if using and with a spatula bring it together.
- Now lightly mix it with hands and gently bring the dough together into a soft dough.
- Shape the dough in a disc and wrap in a cling film. Refrigerate it for 10 minutes so that the dough will firm up a bit.
- Mean while Preheat oven to 180°C or 350 degrees F. And line a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Remove the disc from the refrigerator and roll it to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut it in your desired shape.
- Put them in the oven and Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let them cool for 4-5 in the baking sheet.
- Them slowly transfer them on the cooling and cool them completely.
Make the elaichi cream:
- In another large bowl place the softened butter, sugar, cardamom powder and some green food colouring (optional) along with 2 teaspoons of water.
- Now with a hand held whisk, whisk together the butter sugar and cardamom until well combined and turns soft and fluffy.
- When the biscuits are completely cooled, fill it with a generous amount of the prepared cream and sandwich 2 biscuits together.
- Enjoy these elaichi cream biscuits with some milk or tea or coffee.
