A cozy baking evening.

And its time to bake again. These are the days when baking is needed most. Baking now a days is not  only to satisfy my Fika cravings but its also to make my home smell and feel  much warmer:). Sharing a simplest recipe of no fuzz butter cookies. It is so  simple that i always ended up adding some new flavor to this basic recipe and produce some thing else. Exactly according to demand of my sweet cravings. In holidays i tried this with saffron  and in result cookies came out equally well. Just keep this  as base and play  with your imaginations as much you like:). Have a happy baking time.

BUTTER COOKIES:

Total time: 20 minutes

yields: 16-18 cookies

ingredients:

• 100 grams butter (softened at room temperature)
• 120 grams  all purpose flour
• 50 gram sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 50 gram raisins or any dry berries you like in small size.
• 1/4 tsp orange zest.(optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).  Line  the baking tray with parchment paper.

2. In a medium mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar together with the help of an electric mixer. Add the zest of orange. Sift in flour,baking powder and add raisins.

4. Make small size balls of dough or according to size of cookie you want to have. Press each ball little bit with the help of a fork

5. Bake in the middle of oven for 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy