Gari Biscuits Recipe(Gari Cookies)
These gari biscuit (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.
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.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cookiesCalories: 145kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 198mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 502IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.4mg
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