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Marble Biscuits



Ingredients

250 gms Maida
1 tspn baking powder
100 gms sugar powder
1 tspn Vanilla essence
Pinch of Salt
150 gms Chilled White butter
1 tbpsn water
2 tbspn Cocoa

Method

1. Pre heat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees.
2. Sieve maida, salt , baking powder thrice.
3. Make a well of the dry ingredients in a bowl.
4. Add sugar vanilla and water.
5. Chilled butter cut into pieces.
6. Mix it with maida.
7. Kneading with a light hand to make a dough.
8. Divide the dough into 2.
9. To half of the mixture add cocoa with a little butter.
10. Make two rolls and intertwine the roles lightly.
11. Cut into coins. Press and bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes till light brown. The biscuits will be soft when you take them off the oven. Butter hardens as it cools.


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