These gari biscuits recipe (cookies) or African cassava cookies are delicious and easy to make. If you need a new recipe to try this baking season, then give this a try. You can also read through the various African cookie recipes on the blog.
I’m starting a new tradition on this blog, and I’m calling it African Cookie Palooza. The idea is to make and publish 10 cookie recipes yearly for the Christmas holidays. The sallybakingaddition.com inspires this idea. This Gari cookie is the first cookie for the December baking. These cookies are buttery, tender, and crisp at the edges, with a crunch in every bite.
More About Gari
Gari is a staple food and ingredient in Ghana. It is made from cassava, which is milled, liquid-extracted, and fried. Gari can be kept for a long time and is fulfilling when eaten. It has many uses, including gari Fortor, gari eba, which is eaten with soup or stew, and gari soakings made with gari, sugar, roasted peanuts, milk, and water.
Why You’ll Love These Gari Cookies?
- Easy to make in seconds.
- Cookies taste great even the next day and keep well.
- No cookie cutters or refrigeration of dough is needed.
- The cookies are delicious, with a crunch in every bite.
How to Make Gari Cookies Video
Ingredients for making Gari cookies.
- Gari
- All purposes flour.
- Eggs
- Sugar butter
- Nutmeg
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Baking powder
Step-by-step instructions Using a Food Processor
- Making the Cookies Dough
The dough can be made using a wooden spoon, bowl, or food processor. Gari has two main textures- grainy and fine. Using the finer texture, you can skip the processing part. Pour the grainy gari into a food processor and process it into a finer texture. Then, add all the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Pulse a few times for all the ingredients to mix well.
Now add the butter and pulse for a few minutes until incorporated. Add the eggs, milk, and vanilla extract to the flour mixture and mix to form a dough.
- Molding the Cookies
Transfer the gari dough into a bowl and use a small ice cream scoop to scoop a dough level; roll it between your palms to form a ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets, then use a fork to push down the center of each cookie, pressing firmly enough to make an indentation or design on top of the cookies.
- Baking the Cookies
Bake the cookies in a 350 f preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the edges start browning. Transfer the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.
How to Make Gari Biscuit without a Food Processor
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, gari, baking powder, salts, and sugar and mix well. Add the butter to the flour mixture and mix to incorporate using your fingers.
- Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract and whisk them together in a small bowl.
- Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix using a wooden spoon or spatula to form a dough.
- use a small ice cream scoop to scoop a dough level; roll it between your palms to form a ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets, then use a fork to push down the center of each cookie, pressing firmly enough to make an indentation or design on top of the cookies.
How to Store the Gari Biscuits or Cookies
Allow the cookies or biscuits to cool completely and transfer them into an air-tight container on a countertop for up to a week.
How to Decorate
The Gari biscuits can be decorated in so many ways. You can add sprinkles to the dough before baking.
You can drizzle melted chocolate or peanut butter onto the baked cookies and allow the chocolate to cool before storing them.
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Happy baking
Linda!
Gari Biscuits Recipe(Gari Cookies)
Equipment
- 1 Food Processer
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gari
- 1 cup All purposes flour
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 2 large Eggs
- ⅓ cup white granulated Sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk (add more if needed)
Instructions
- Step-by-step instructions Using a Food Processor
- Preheat the oven at 350℉ and line two baking tray or sheet with baking paper or silicon mat.
- Making the Cookies Dough
- The dough can be made using a wooden spoon, bowl, or food processor. Gari has two main textures- grainy and fine. Using the finer texture, you can skip the processing part. Pour the grainy gari into a food processor and process it into a finer texture. Then, add all the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Pulse a few times for all the ingredients to mix well.
- Now add the butter and pulse for a few minutes until incorporated. Add the eggs, milk, and vanilla extract to the flour mixture and mix to form a dough.
- Molding the Cookies
- Transfer the gari dough into a bowl and use a small ice cream scoop to scoop a dough level; roll it between your palms to form a ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets, then use a fork to push down the center of each cookie, pressing firmly enough to make an indentation or design on top of the cookies.
- Baking the Cookies
- Bake the cookies in a 350 f preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the edges start browning. Transfer the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow them to cool completely before serving.
- How to Make Gari Biscuit without a Food Processor
- add the flour, gari, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a medium mixing bowl and mix well. Add the butter to the flour mixture and mix to incorporate using your fingers.
- Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract and whisk them together in a small bowl.
- Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix using a wooden spoon or spatula to form a dough.
- use a small ice cream scoop to scoop a dough level; roll it between your palms to form a ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets, then use a fork to push down the center of each cookie, pressing firmly enough to make an indentation or design on top of the cookies.
I just made these cookies and it is one of the best gari cookies I ever made! It’s chewy, festive, and chocolate. I’m adding this to my Christmas cookies recipe collection and will Make this for the holiday treat!
Thanks for the feedback!