Parsi BATASA (Butter Biscuits) Recipe #1

2 cups all purpose flour
1 stick unsalted butter or margarine
1/2 to 1 tsp salt (to your taste)
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp double acting baking powder
1 tsp caraway seeds
1/2 cup warm water

Mix all of the above ingredients to form a ball of dough. Allow to stand for 15 to 30 minutes.

Roll into small balls and lay them on ungreased baking sheet and bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes, then at 200 degrees for 3 hours.

Now turn off the oven and leave batasa in the hot
oven for another 3 hours. Remove from oven and cool, store only when completely cold.

Batasa are very good with hot tea/coffee.

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Surti Sweet Batasa (Butter Biscuit) Recipe #2

Surti Batasa is an Indian version of Dutch Butter Biscuit

Do NOT confuse Batasa with Batasha. Batasha in North India is a hollow semi-spherical sugar drop

Ingredients

Wet Mixture

1. Un-salted butter (two sticks): 1 cup

2. Powdered sugar: ¾ cup

3. Egg Yolk: 1

Dry Mix

1. Bleached All-purpose flour: 2 cups

2. Besan (Chickpea flour): ½ cup

3. Powdered Green Cardamom seeds: 1 teaspoon

Add-ins

1. Sliced Almonds: 1 Table spoon

Method

Step 1: Wet Mixture

1. Use Electric Mixer. Beat Butter about one minute

2. Add powdered sugar gradually. Beat till the mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes

3. Add eggs. Beat 30 seconds

Step 2: Dry Mix

Mix all ingredients well. Sift together.

Step 3: Dough

Add dry mix to wet mixture gradually beating at low speed

Step 3: Baking

1. Preheat oven to 325º F

2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

3. Divide dough into 30 parts. Roll each part in to a ball

4. Press each ball of dough into a fat patty. Press some Almonds on the top surface of the patty.

5. Put the patty on parchment paper. Continue till all the balls are done

6. Bake for 20 minutes. The cookies should just start to turn brown.