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Almond cookies!!

LITTLE CHEF’S APRON

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great day! I made these cookies two days back and it was super fun..

It is healthier than normal cookies as my recipe uses whole wheat flour and not all purpose flour. However to make it more healthy, you could replace sugar with jaggery or brown sugar and butter with clarified butter or ghee.

Nowadays, my family and I are in for a challenge to leave out packaged food at the most.. So my mom and I are making all snacks for us to eat at home..

Ingredients required:

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 tsp corn flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/3 cup sliced almonds

a pinch of cardamom powder

milk if required.

Directions:

First in a blender jar, add sugar and corn flour and powder…

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Despedindo-me do Outono

De malinha pronta

Repara que o outono é mais estação da alma do que da natureza.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Exatamente como a árvore do outono que não sente o perder de suas folhas nem quando a chuva, a geada e o sol lhe resvalam pelo tronco, e a vida se retira para o mais íntimo e recôndito de si mesma. Ela não morre. Espera.

Hermann Hesse

Photos : Filipa Moreira da Cruz

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