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Nankhatai Cookies With Rose & Chai Spices

Raw Spice Bar · food.com · Original Recipe

We've updated this centuries old Indian shortbreads cookies recipe by adding freshly ground rose buds & chai spices. Nankhatai comes from the Persian word "nan" (meaning bread) and the Afghan word "kh

3

chewiness

2

crispiness

2

cakeyness

3

thickness

2

spread

3

richness

2

sweetness

2

complexity

balancedclassic

Ingredients

rawspicebar's rose & chai spices1 each (30g)
wheat flour1 cup (140g)
rice flour0.5 cup (70g)
butter0.5 cup (114g)
powdered sugar0.75 cup (90g)
milk(or any type of milk with some fat, plus more for dough)6 tbsp (92g)
sea salt1 tsp (3g)
honey1 tsp (7g)
baking powder1 tsp (5g)
Total dough weight550g

Process

Mixing
creaming
Butter
browned
Eggs
none
Bake Temp
350°F (177°C)
Bake Time
15-17 min
Chill
30 min
Yield
~10 cookies
Sheet Prep
parchment

Recipe Radar

How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.

Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 21.4. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 669 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.85 (74th percentile)
Flour:Sugar30.0 (100th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (12th percentile)
Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)
Fat %20.6 (86th percentile)
Sugar %1.27 (0th percentile)
Hydration0.44 (87th percentile)
Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.85

Flour:Sugar

30.0

Brown:White Sugar

0

Egg:Flour

0

Chocolate:Flour

0

Fat %

20.6

Sugar %

1.27

Flour %

38.2

Hydration

0.44