This is my 300th recipe,it had to be a baking recipe, cake or cookie and also related to my mom….so i chose to publish this recipe. These cookies are directly related to my childhood memories, I remember  my mom baking these in bulk in different  flavours and colours.Easy to make and yummy in taste.Shonty,finished the entire lot in one go.

Ingredients : 

100 gms Butter.

100 gms Sugar.

200 gms Maida (Flour )

1/8 tsp Baking Powder.

1/4 tsp Orange or Pineapple Essence.

3 to 4 different  food colours.

Milk if required.

Method : 

Mix together Maida and baking powder .Keep it aside.

In a pan beat together  Sugar and butter till light and fluffy or till sugar dissolves competely in butter.Add essence and mix well.

Slowly and gradually  add maida and mix well to form a soft dough.Add little milk if required.

Divde this dough in 3 portions,add 3 different  colours to these dough,mix well.

Mix big size star nozzle to pipping bag.

Add one colour dough and pipe out small star shaped cookies on a non stick tray/tray greased with butter.

Bake in preheated oven at 160°C for 15 mins.

Remove on cooking rack.

Finish the remaining dough in same way.

Store in air tight  container.

Happy Cooking! ! !

Sameera.