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Indian Tea shop Butter Biscuits | டீ கடை பட்டர் பிஸ்கட்

October 11, 2014 by Suguna Vinodh 139 Comments

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Indian Tea shop Butter Biscuits | டீ கடை பட்டர் பிஸ்கட்

Recipe for delicious south indian tea kadai/tea shop bakery style butter biscuits/cookies. Crispy Iyengar bakery Indian cookies recipe. Salt Biscuit.

I can say a few things about most of the south Indian men and women. They love bakery butter biscuits. Some might not eat a cake but will never say no to a cookie. Trust me on this. Especially if its butter biscuits. These cookies are the real deal. These are the cookies that we love to eat all the time. These cookies are the true spirit of the French Normandy Sable cookies. They are so good and elegant with crispy exterior, tender interior and a bite full of buttery goodness. One bite and its so nostalgic. During college days in Chennai, I have had these cookies with my friends almost everyday. We used to gather around the tea shop during break hours, have a tea and share the cookies and chat for hours. Tea shops were the places where best of the ideas were born.

Lets crank up the mixer and make some greatest butter cookies. Shall we?
Sift half a cup (65 grams) of confectioners sugar over half a cup (110 grams) of butter.

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Cream the butter and sugar mixture until light and fluffy. Oh yes. Good things take time. I promise your patience shall be rewarded. Scrape the bowl once to make sure the butter and sugar is properly combined. Scraping is good.

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Add 1 cup (130 grams) of flour (maida), 1/8 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract at once and mix for 15 seconds on low.

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Scrape the bowl again! Mix for a minute and we are done!

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Transfer the dough to a plastic cling wrapped surface and make a log. cover it with cling wrap.
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Refrigerate the dough for an hour. Even over-nite is fine.

Cut the dough into half inch thick cookies.

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Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 22-25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. When they start to brown, they are done. Have an eye as they can go from brown to burnt very fast!

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Transfer to a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes.

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And Voila! The best cookies of my lifetime!

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Long live the tea shops. Amen.

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Indian tea shop butter biscuits/cookies


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4.8 from 29 reviews

  • Author: kannamma @kannammacooks.com
  • Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: 40 1x
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Recipe for delicious south indian tea kadai/tea shop bakery style butter biscuits/cookies. Crispy Iyengar bakery Indian cookies recipe. Salt Biscuit.


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Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup (110 grams) Butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 Cup (65 grams) Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 Cup (130 grams) All purpose flour – Maida
  • 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoonPure Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  1. Sift sugar over butter and cream until light and fluffy.
  2. Add the flour, salt and vanilla at once and mix until combined.
  3. Transfer the dough to a cling wrapped surface and make a log. cover it with cling wrap.
  4. Refrigerate the dough for an hour.
  5. In the mean time Preheat the oven to 350F/180C
  6. Cut the dough into half inch thick cookies.
  7. Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 22-25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. When they start to brown, they are done. Have an eye as they can go from brown to burnt very fast!
  8. Transfer to a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes.

Notes

Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: Indian

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Suguna Vinodh

I'm Suguna Vinodh aka Kannamma. I love south Indian food and I am passionate about baking. My Favorite things include my Wusthof knife, Coffee, Ilayaraja, Tamil and beaches. I love Jacques Pepin and Julia Child.

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Comments

  1. Kumudha says

    November 11, 2020 at 8:46 pm

    Hi suguna, I tried many of your recipes and it came out so well.could you make some videos/article on baking essentials for beginners. Provide us the safe bakeware materials , brands, products…

    Reply
  2. Sindhana says

    August 24, 2020 at 1:34 am

    These butter biscuits are so good! Couldn’t return home to India this summer because of the pandemic. I was missing home and these biscuits helped!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      August 24, 2020 at 2:35 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Leena says

    July 15, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Mam can we use ghee instead of butter if yes then what’s the quantity?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 16, 2020 at 2:08 am

      Ghee cant be used in the recipe.

      Reply
  4. Michelle says

    June 23, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    Thank you very much for this recipe. I have made it many times by now with whole wheat flour and even jaggery instead of sugar and it never fails to impress.
    Thank you also for the intro to the biscuit…enjoyed it!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 24, 2020 at 11:40 am

      Thanks Michelle. Glad you liked the tea kadai butter biscuits.

      Reply
  5. Meena says

    May 10, 2020 at 9:22 am

    Thanks for the recipe. It came out perfectly but we reduced the sugar by half. Thanks !

    Reply
  6. Pavithra says

    May 8, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    Hi!

    Can I freeze the dough for later purpose?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 8, 2020 at 9:05 pm

      yes. you can

      Reply
  7. Krish says

    May 6, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    Can butter be replaced with oil? If so quantity plse

    Reply
  8. Foodie says

    May 5, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    This was my first attempt to bake anything ever. And it turned out really well. I did exactly what the recipe said.

    Dear Kannammma, if I have to use less sugar and possibly less butter, what would be the proportion?

    Thank you.

    Photo at https://www.instagram.com/passion8clicks/

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 5, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      You can reduce by 25% Not more than that as the texture will suffer.

      Reply
  9. Saras says

    April 27, 2020 at 9:10 am

    Hi,
    Hi tried today it came out really good.. but it taste more buttery.. I use the exact same measurements.. I don’t know why it’s so buttery. Textures are perfect but when you bite you feel that it has more butter. Can you suggest how can I avoid this? Can I reduce the butter. by the way I am from US.

    Thanks.

    Reply
  10. Zohara says

    January 25, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    Hi, Can you please share a post about the stand in mixer you use for cakes and bread making. thanks

    Reply
  11. arulselvam says

    November 16, 2018 at 8:09 pm

    hi mam, how to substitute maida with whole wheat flour to get the same result please mention the ratio.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  12. Subin Mathew says

    October 30, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    Will be temperature be same with otg??

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      October 30, 2018 at 9:16 pm

      Yes. same temperature.

      Reply
    • Sri says

      November 29, 2020 at 1:16 pm

      Hi ,

      Thanka for the recipe. what needs to done if we need to make salt butter biscuit

      Thank in advance

      Reply
      • Suguna Vinodh says

        November 30, 2020 at 4:43 pm

        Will post the recipe for salt biscuits soon.

        Reply
  13. Beccy says

    October 17, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    The biscuits were amazing.. crunchy and delicious! I made them yesterday, and it was so good, I am making another batch today! 🙂
    Thank u for the recipe!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  14. Sandhya Karthy says

    July 25, 2018 at 5:33 pm

    Any alternates if no baking oven is available?

    Reply
  15. Ruhi says

    July 25, 2018 at 11:13 am

    how is 1/2cup butter110gms &1cup flour 130gms…please clarify.Thanks..what measure to follow?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 27, 2018 at 3:29 pm

      The density of each ingredient differs. Cup measures by volume. Weight and volume will not be equal.

      Reply
    • Navnit says

      January 12, 2019 at 12:04 pm

      Just like 1 bag of rice and 1 bag of cotton. Physics!

      ★★★★

      Reply
  16. manju says

    June 27, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Can we use brown sugar instead of white sugar

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  17. prabha says

    May 13, 2018 at 12:04 am

    can i replace sugar with cane sugar?

    Reply
  18. Gomathi says

    April 29, 2018 at 1:19 am

    I tried your receipe today, It came out very well.First time baking biscuits, thanks a lot for sharing the receipe.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 2, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  19. Suganya says

    April 5, 2018 at 2:08 am

    hi suguna …I tried your recipe it came out so good…can i use wheat flour in place of maida

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      April 6, 2018 at 10:11 pm

      Hi Suganya, I have never tried with atta. But I think it will work. Just add a pinch of baking powder to keep the biscuits lite as atta will otherwise be very dense.

      Reply
      • Suganya says

        April 7, 2018 at 1:15 am

        thank you for your response….will try and share my experience…

        Reply
  20. Suraya says

    March 12, 2018 at 3:32 am

    Hi Suguna! So I just made the biscuits and they turned out absolutely delicious! However, I followed the recipe to the tee – 2cm diameter, 1/2 inch wide and I got 40 cookies out of it, but they seem quite small. I used cake flour as we don’t have maida in South Africa. Are they supposed to be small biscuits? Can I in future double the recipe and make them say 5cm diameter? Would the baking time change? Thanks! 🙂

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      March 12, 2018 at 4:09 pm

      Hi Suraya, Yeah the biscuits are small in size. They are small so the edges turn quite crispy.

      Reply
  21. Suraya says

    March 6, 2018 at 7:29 am

    Hi there! I know that your recipe calls for all purpose flour (is it maida?), but here in South Africa there is no such thing as “all purpose flour”. We have cake flour and self-raising flour. Which can I use?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      March 6, 2018 at 10:38 pm

      Hi Suraya. Yes. Its maida. Cake flour should work.
      Self raising flour has leavening agents added , so dont use that for this recipe.

      Reply
      • Suraya says

        March 7, 2018 at 12:08 am

        Thank you! 🙂 I will rate the recipe when I make it this weekend!

        Reply
  22. Antony says

    February 4, 2018 at 1:14 am

    Hello mam… Your website is one of the pearl found in the sea. I tries your Annapoorna samba and my family loved it.. I am new to baking.. I just have a doubt…is it necessary to keep the dough in the fridge? If so please let me know mam… I just want to clarify it..

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      February 5, 2018 at 12:50 pm

      Hi Antony, Yes. refrigerating the dough is required.

      Reply
  23. Asha khan says

    August 8, 2017 at 10:17 pm

    Read this column about butter biscuits. Thanks. Please let me know if baking powder or baking soda is not essential for this recipe.

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      August 9, 2017 at 1:57 am

      Not needed.

      Reply
  24. Jayashree says

    June 3, 2017 at 11:13 am

    I follow your instructions completely. I am so happy with the way it turned out.. tastes awesome

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 4, 2017 at 11:19 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  25. Hema says

    May 21, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    Can I use normal white sugar to confectioners sugar

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 21, 2017 at 8:53 pm

      Confectioners sugar has ingredients like corn starch added to it. If you dont have confectioners sugar, best substitute will be to powder your normal sugar really fine and then use it.

      Reply
  26. Nish says

    May 12, 2017 at 4:20 am

    Houston we have a problem. Firstly I must confess I am much better at eating sweets than making them. However the comments left on this recipe gave me the hope to try. I followed the recipe as per instruction. The mixture was loose. However when put in fridge went solid. Just pieces and put in oven. All melted and became one sheet. Don’t get me wrong they smell awesome. Just waiting for it to finish cooking however please can you guide me where have I gone wrong???? I followed recipe in grams just so you know as in UK. Help!!! Desperate to taste butter cookies that other guys have been enjoying from this page! All help appreciated. Nish

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 13, 2017 at 3:23 pm

      OHOH! sorry about that Nish. This is a foolproof recipe Nish. Did you measure exactly? The following things could have happened. Did you add any water? Or did you add too much sugar or butter?

      Reply
      • Nish says

        May 14, 2017 at 12:15 am

        Firstly although melted into one sheet they taste gorgeous, melt straight in the mouth so trust me even though they don’t look like cookies they have not gone to waste!

        Secondly I believe I did follow the recipe and with no knowledge in the area the only thing I can think is maybe too much butter.

        I will give it another try however my first attempt may not have been appeasing to the eye but definitely had my taste buds doing Balle Balle! Thank you!

        Houston we have a problem. Firstly I must confess I am much better at eating sweets than making them. However the comments left on this recipe gave me the hope to try. I followed the recipe as per instruction. The mixture was loose. However when put in fridge went solid. Just pieces and put in oven. All melted and became one sheet. Don’t get me wrong they smell awesome. Just waiting for it to finish cooking however please can you guide me where have I gone wrong???? I followed recipe in grams just so you know as in UK. Help!!! Desperate to taste butter cookies that other guys have been enjoying from this page! All help appreciated. Nish

        Reply
        • Suguna Vinodh says

          May 14, 2017 at 3:08 am

          sorry about that. In baking measurement needs to be very precise. Very Very precise. even an extra 10-15 gram can change the recipe drastically.

          Reply
  27. KrithikaRamesh says

    April 28, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    Hi mam, All the recipes I ve tried from ur blog was super hit and this cookies also turned out good.. I don’t know what’s the magic u were doing with the dishes.. U r my biggest cooking inspiration Suguna madam… Lots of love to you and keep rocking…. Thank u so so much for sharing such wonderful recipes with correct measurements… ?

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 1, 2017 at 2:38 pm

      Thank you so much Krithika. Your comment means a lot to me. I am really glad that you like the recipes.

      Reply
  28. Meera Balaram says

    January 24, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    I did it. It worked wonderful. You have turned me a fan of your recipes.

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      January 25, 2017 at 12:08 pm

      Thank you so much Meera.

      Reply
  29. Sravanthi says

    December 20, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Hi Suguna Vinoth,

    Today i tried this recipe and it came out really good. Thank u so much for sharing this recipe. I am a great follower of ur blog. Have tried many dishes in ur blog. Thank u so much ??

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      December 20, 2016 at 11:03 am

      Thank you Sravanthi. Really glad you like the recipe.

      Reply
  30. Cynthia says

    December 11, 2016 at 3:47 am

    How many cookies in a batch?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      December 11, 2016 at 10:56 am

      You can see it mentioned in the recipe section. It makes 40 cookies.

      Reply
  31. Sudha says

    November 18, 2016 at 9:18 am

    Hi Suguna,

    The recipe and pics look great.
    I wanted to make these cookies today but have two questions, what kind of butter do we use, salted or unsalted, and is it alright to make the dough in a bread maker?
    Also, is it ok to make the dough by hand after beating the butter and sugar with a whisk? I do not own a stand mixer

    Thanks in advance

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      November 18, 2016 at 9:40 am

      Hi Sudha,
      Its unsalted butter thats used in the recipe.
      I don’t know if cookies can be made in a bread maker. I doubt that. You will have to bake in an oven / OTG.
      If you dont have a stand mixer, you can use a hand mixer. But using hand to mix might heat up the butter starting the butter to melt and the the dough will become gloopy.

      Reply
    • Sudha says

      November 19, 2016 at 2:51 am

      Hi suguna,

      Thanks for responding, I just got the unsalted butter to room temperature. I’m determined to make these today 🙂
      Makes sense to not use your hand. I do have a convection oven and can bake the cookies in the oven.
      I just wanted to know if I can use the bread maker to mix the dough. We have a dough setting on the bread maker that I use to make chapathi dough. I’m wondering if I can use it for the cookie dough as well?

      If not, I’d have to get a stand/hand mixer then, I don’t have either of them.

      Reply
      • Suguna Vinodh says

        November 19, 2016 at 10:58 am

        Hi Sudha, you can make the cookies in the convection oven. regarding bread maker, I am not sure how that will work out. May be you can try!

        Reply
    • Sudha says

      November 20, 2016 at 5:47 am

      Hi Suguna,

      The cookies turned out delicious. I missed these since moving to the US last year. Thanks a ton!

      So, being impatient to wait and feeling extra confident, I went ahead and doubled the quantities and used my bread maker for the dough.

      Mistook ‘refrigerate’ to ‘freeze’ when I read the recipe and noticed I made a mistake about 20 mins after freezing the dough logs. Took them out and it was already semi-hard.
      First log crumbled a little, second log was perfect. Although, I’m not sure, maybe, if we’re in time crunch, 15 mins of freezing might also do. I’ll try this the next time.

      Saved 2/3rd of a log. We fought over the cookies among the two of us and have none left. And, this is my first time baking cookies.

      Thanks so much for this recipe Suguna.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Suguna Vinodh says

        November 21, 2016 at 11:56 pm

        Thank you so much! Really glad you liked the recipe.

        Reply
  32. Anna says

    October 22, 2016 at 5:50 am

    Loved this recipe. It was simple to make and turned out really good!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      October 22, 2016 at 11:11 am

      Thanks Anna. Really glad that the biscuits turned out good!

      Reply
  33. Thirumagal says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:10 am

    So glad I have come across this recipe..
    Appa loves butter biscuit (and we can’t find good ones in Aus) and since its school hols for me, I will make them tonight as a surprise for him..

    Will update you on the result!

    Reply
  34. PREETHI ANANDAN says

    September 21, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    TRIED THIS TODAY AND IT TURNED OUT YUMMY.. THANK YOU MAM!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      September 21, 2016 at 10:50 pm

      Thank you Preethi!

      Reply
  35. Savita B S says

    September 16, 2016 at 3:16 am

    Thanks for the interesting recipe…
    Can I replace all purpose flour with wheat? In that case refrigeration works?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      September 16, 2016 at 11:37 am

      I have never tried with wheat flour!

      Reply
  36. Felcina says

    September 8, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    I just baked the cookies mam. It was just awesome and delicious. Thanks a ton! 🙂

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      September 8, 2016 at 5:50 pm

      Thanks Felcina. Glad you liked the Cookies. Enjoy!

      Reply
  37. Sharmila -The Happiefriends Potpourri Corner says

    August 25, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    Lovely share Suguna.. Have been hunting fir this recipe for a while…Finally landed safe to ur blog 🙂

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      August 26, 2016 at 11:23 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  38. Chetna Saikrishnan says

    August 3, 2016 at 4:37 pm

    U always rock??????

    Reply
  39. Priyadarshni says

    July 25, 2016 at 2:36 am

    Very nice recipe.. semma soft semma easy and little uppu nice sweetness! ??????
    But one question:
    I felt it’s over buttery is there I can do it to make it less buttery! Since my husband loves butter biscuit! He told its little buttery! So want to make him as he likes but I don’t know how to make it like that!!
    Please let me know?

    But in personal I loved the butter flavor and my little one too! Thanks for that recipe!

    Reply
    • Priyadarshni says

      July 25, 2016 at 2:37 am

      Sorry missed the stars! ?

      ★★★★

      Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 25, 2016 at 10:43 am

      Thank you!. You can reduce a little butter next time and try to rest the dough in the fridge for a longer time. That might help.

      Reply
  40. Nandini Selvaraj says

    July 1, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    Hi.. my question might sound stupid but pls bear with me as I’m new to baking.. I tried these and they turned out hard. I’m fighting that I might have got my measurements wrong. I used 1cup (it says 250ml on the cup) flour, 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar. In your ingredients, the grams of sugar and butter is not same. Should i not be using same cups to measure my sugar and butter?

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 1, 2016 at 10:47 pm

      The gram measurement will differ for each and every ingredient. 1 cup of lets say cotton candy will weigh very less when compared to 1 cup of ordinary candy. The cup measurements are in volume whereas the grams are in weight.

      Reply
  41. Lav says

    June 27, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Hi

    I tried this recipe today and I used half of the measure you had mentioned. I felt mine got over baked though I took I left it only for 18 minutes. The whole biscuit became crispy and it was about to get hard. Could you please tell me what went wrong.

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 27, 2016 at 6:35 pm

      I think your oven is overheating. try to calibrate it.

      Reply
  42. Anitha says

    June 24, 2016 at 3:33 pm

    Hi Suguna!
    I’m a huge fan of your website and have been fortunate enough to be able to cook/bake some amazing things thanks to your recipes! I love your writing style and the presentation! And, your recipes just give out ‘perfect’ results!
    Coming to these biscuits, i prepared them twice and boy, were they amazing! I have a little doubt though. In case one would want to make biscuits of different shapes (a star, a square, etc) is it possible to roll out the dough and use a cookie cutter? Cause, I felt the freezing changed the consistency, so rolling out couldn’t be exactly possible, right ?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 24, 2016 at 7:45 pm

      Thank you so much Anitha. These cookies are difficult to roll because of their consistency. Will post rolled cookies recipe soon.

      Reply
  43. Lamarr H. says

    June 19, 2016 at 11:50 am

    I made these for a small dinner party to accompany cherries in rosé and vanilla syrup (with mascarpone). These tea biscuits cooked beautifully! The recipe worked for me the first time (and I am easily distracted and sometimes over-bake cookies, so thanks for the reminder to keep an eye on them). They added a lovely, buttery crunch to the fruity sweetness of the cherries. So happy to find such a yummy recipe for cookies that is egg-free and nut-free. Delicious!

    ★★★★★

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 19, 2016 at 2:55 pm

      Thank you so much. Glad that you liked the recipe. Happy Cooking.

      Reply
  44. Bala janakiraman says

    June 17, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Can we use the “handheld” electric dough mixer as i don’t have the food processer.

    ★★★★

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 17, 2016 at 11:16 am

      sure.

      Reply
  45. Inthumathi Santhanam says

    June 8, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    calories is mentioned for 40 cookies or for 1 cookie?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 8, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      Not for one. Its for 40 cookies.

      Reply
  46. Manjula says

    June 3, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    I made this for my mother and she loved it a lot. This biscuit has a wonderful texture. Thanks Suguna for posting this recipe 🙂

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      June 4, 2016 at 10:45 am

      Thats so nice Manjula.

      Reply
  47. subi says

    May 27, 2016 at 7:50 am

    You are so generous!!!Tried this and it came so perfectly!!Thank you!My reference guide nowadays!!?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 27, 2016 at 9:11 am

      Thank you Subi!

      Reply
  48. Srividya Krishnamoorthy says

    May 21, 2016 at 5:23 am

    so nice .. can you post a video about this pls ?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 21, 2016 at 11:27 am

      I will do that soon Srividya. We moved recently to HK and dont have an oven here. The kitchen is too tiny to have an oven.. so whenever i do a trip home, i will definetely do this.

      Reply
  49. kothai v says

    May 7, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    Superb recipe suguna… the biscuits were so nice and my son loved them. Once again thanks for sharing the recipe

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 7, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      Thank You!

      Reply
      • Suguna Vinodh says

        May 7, 2016 at 10:42 pm

        Thank You!

        Reply
  50. kothai v says

    May 6, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    Presenting the biscuits on the newspaper gives the perfect touch to the tea stall butter cookies recipe 🙂 thanks for sharing the recipe. trying it now

    Reply
  51. Nalini says

    April 26, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    Hi Suguna

    I am planning to try this .I have a doubt here … I own a Morphy Richards OTG where in they have specified that preheat should be in toast mode for 10 mins always at 250 degrees … That’s basically the setting of that oven model .

    Now for this recipe .. once I preheat my oven ( as mentioned above) …I should be changing the temperature and timing setting as mentioned in recipe …. Should I be changing the mode also to “Bake” rather than “toast” I used for pre heating . ?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      April 26, 2016 at 12:59 pm

      yeah. you will bake the biscuits in bake mode. you will have to change the settings from “toast” to “bake”

      Reply
  52. Ramya says

    April 21, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Hi..looks yummy…I don’t have an oven.. Can I steam this or is there any other way to try this.. Thanks in advance.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      April 21, 2016 at 4:45 pm

      Steaming will melt the butter Ramya. Sorry, I do not know of any other method other than baking in the oven.

      Reply
  53. KANAGARAJ.A says

    March 16, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    Shall I produce in large scales give some idea about machines thanks expects your reply
    kanagaraj

    ★★★

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      March 19, 2016 at 11:07 pm

      Sure. You can double or triple.

      Reply
  54. Harini says

    February 23, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Hi Suguna,
    Can we make these using wheat flour instead of Maida? Will it be good?

    Reply
  55. seenu says

    February 3, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    aww really a wonderful recipe… loved it..
    what would pack in snack box instead of biscuits….. for my 3 yr kid… pls help..

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      February 3, 2016 at 8:36 pm

      I used to send fruits for my son when he was in preschool.

      Reply
  56. Arjun Amma says

    January 30, 2016 at 3:12 am

    I tried this. It came out really well. Your measurements were very accurate. I find all the receipes I want from your website. Your receipes have been a life saver for me. You are doing a wonderful job!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      January 30, 2016 at 3:16 am

      Thank you so much Amma. Your words mean so much to me !

      Reply
  57. Preethi says

    November 20, 2015 at 12:03 am

    Hey thank you for posting this
    Looks Yum and easy too
    I have made the batter and put in the fridge
    Waiting to bake them
    Quick question : is the dough soft when we mix them or should it be like chappathi dough by then ? Mine’s pretty wobbly… had to beat it into a log !!

    ★★★★

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      November 20, 2015 at 12:54 am

      The dough is soft Preethi. If its really hard to make a log add a tablespoon of flour/maida. Add very little though. Use cling wrap to make a log. That would be easy.

      Reply
    • Preethi says

      November 20, 2015 at 4:37 am

      It turned out really superb I did use cling wrap 🙂
      I was so apprehensive earlier
      The butter froze in the fridge and it became a perfectly “cuttable” log – I forgot that would happen
      Enjoying the tea biscuits immensely now

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Suguna Vinodh says

        November 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm

        🙂 Enjoy Preethi! Hi five!

        Reply
  58. Gurmeet Kaur says

    November 8, 2015 at 1:07 am

    Dear Suguna,

    The recipe says confectioners sugar. But if we don’t have it can we grind thenormal sugar?? And use instead?

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      November 8, 2015 at 1:59 am

      Sure Gurmeet. You can use ground powder sugar.

      Reply
  59. Sharon says

    October 7, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Hi Suguna,
    There are some sites you trust, some you dont. This has become one of my go to sites and I’ve become an ardent follower now!! Tried these cookies at 11 pm and my 3 yr old couldnt wait for these to come out. Tasted Good and its a keeper for sure!! Awesome!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      October 7, 2015 at 11:36 pm

      Thank you Sharon for writing in. It means a lot to me. I am so happy that your little toddler enjoyed these cookies. It must have been a moment of joy! Thank you my dear!

      Reply
  60. Saniya says

    October 7, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    Hi Suguna
    Tried these gorgeous buscuits some time back and they turned our rock hard qnd didn’t swell either. What would be the reason behind ? Measured the ingredients correctly. The only thing is i used homemade butter instead of store brought. Please help.

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      October 7, 2015 at 11:27 pm

      I am really sorry dear that the biscuits turned out hard after all the effort. This is a very simple fool proof recipe that has been tried by a lot of viewers to excellent results. I am thinking what might have gone wrong. What about the oven temperature and timing? Did you weigh the ingredients?

      Reply
  61. Mohamed umar says

    July 24, 2015 at 1:26 am

    Hi geeta, if you have a convection microwave oven of any brand use it in convection mode with 200 degree for 15 to 20mins,

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 24, 2015 at 1:46 am

      Thank you Umar.

      Reply
  62. Kavi says

    July 22, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Thanks for sharing this recipe. I made this a few times and it was a big hit. My folks loved it. Simple and amazing recipe.

    Reply
    • Suguna Vinodh says

      July 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm

      Thank you Kavi. I am glad your family loved the bakery style butter biscuits / salt biscuit recipe.

      Reply
  63. Kalavathi says

    March 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Hi mam is this salt biscuit we buy in chennai and surrounding areas tea biscuit…..

    Reply
    • suguna vinodh says

      March 20, 2015 at 6:43 pm

      You are right Kalavathi.

      Reply
  64. suguna vinodh says

    January 23, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    🙂

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  65. Krithikaa Vinoth says

    January 20, 2015 at 3:55 pm

    Thank you for the easiest cookie recipe. Cant believe just three ingredients did the magic.

    Reply
    • suguna vinodh says

      January 20, 2015 at 6:33 pm

      Thank you Krithika. Its my favorite cookie too!

      Reply
  66. Geetha says

    November 22, 2014 at 1:14 am

    Could you please let me know how to make this biscuit using microwave oven

    Reply
    • kannamma says

      November 24, 2014 at 1:57 am

      Hi Geetha, I have never tried making this in microwave.

      Reply
  67. Pavithra says

    October 29, 2014 at 2:33 am

    hey sugs! this is awesome. congrats on the blog. such mouth watering pics and recipes. love the clean layout and nutritional info:) Ive been looking for this butter biscuit recipe everywhere, thanks for posting:)

    Reply
    • Kannamma says

      October 29, 2014 at 2:37 am

      Oh my god! Look who stopped by! U made my day my dear!

      Reply
  68. Nitin Panicker says

    October 13, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    This is one of my favorites!! me and couple of my friends go to this small irani tea shop and they have these biscuits. 1 Re each!! 🙂
    I am going to try this recipe at home!!

    Reply
    • kannamma says

      October 14, 2014 at 1:28 am

      Thank you so much Nitin! This one sure brings memories!

      Reply
    • Kannamma says

      October 14, 2014 at 8:14 pm

      Mine too. These biscuits bring lot of memories for everyone. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by to comment.

      Reply
    • Tara Jayaraman says

      November 3, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      Lucky man.. I pay 2Rs. everytime I have this at Sharon (80ft road Tippasandra junction)..

      Jokes apart, won’t be going there for the biscuit. Made this at home courtesy Suguna and am lovin’ it.

      Reply
      • kannamma says

        November 3, 2014 at 8:49 pm

        Thank you so much Tara. I am glad you liked it.

        Reply

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