Lemon and Pista Biscuits

Crisp pistachio cookies flavoured with lemon rind  

Its Chritmas holiday season everywhere so I want to bake something quick ,crisp and delicious and yesterday I made these lemon biscuits ,which I saw on a t.v show long ago.They taste great and we all enjoyed them.so sharing this easy recipe for all of you to try 

INGREDIENTS-
 makes- 12

• Refined flour-3/4 cup
• Cornflour-2 tbsp
• Baking powder-1 tsp
• Salt-1/4 tsp
• Soft butter-100 gms
• Sugar-1/2 cup
• Lemon rind-1/2 tsp
• Pistachio-20
• Chilled milk -3 tbsp

PROCEDURE-

1. Mix refined flour,corn flour,salt and baking powder in a bowl and sift together.
2. In an another bowl mix sugar,butter and lemon rind ,beat and  mix well.
3. Now mix the flour mixture in the butter mixture and mix together.
4. Add milk(add 1/2 tsp at a time)and make a smooth dough.
5. Make a roll /log from the prepared dough and keep it refrigerated for 20 minutes.
6. Take out the roll from the refrigerator and slice it to make medium size pieces.
7. Dip and gently press one side into crushed pistachios and arrange in a baking tray.
8. Bake in a preheated oven on 180 degree for 15-20 minutes or till golden in colour.
9. Take our from the oven and let them cool completely.
10. Store when cooled completely.