Morning and evening tea without Cookies seems impossible, at least to my husband Amit.
The story rolls backs to when I was not really into baking, my journey to home baking is really exciting. You will be surprised to know that until 2015 I did not even have the oven. I was contemplating of making cookies but had no clue how to make cookies without oven.
Soon after my child exams were over, we visited my Mom’s place. It is always so refreshing to be back with your Mom. This time my younger was also there and my Mom refreshed our childhood memory by making a Malai Cake.
This cake used to be our childhood best companion. And my Mom always made it in a pressure cooker. And I was like, how can I forget this recipe.
I became confident that she would know how to bake cookies without oven or microwave. So, I picked her brain and Basics of Baking and experimented the recipe at home.
Quick Notes if you are Baking in an Oven
| Tin Size | Baking Tray 10″ |
| Oven Temp | 160° C |
| Baking Time | 18 minutes |
| MW Convection Temp | 150° C |
| Baking Time | 18 minutes |
| Demold Instructions | Immediately |
| Cooling Time | 15 minutes |
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Eggless Cookies without Oven
So I learned the recipe of how to make cookies in the pressure cooker from my Mom. And trust me it’s a fairly simple and straightforward recipe that each of you can do in no time. I have used tutti frutti in these cookies.
You could be creative and use chocolate chips, walnuts, raisins or dry fruits of your choice.
Baking is heaven, I realized its lot of benefits only after I started baking at home.
Cookies without Oven
In a mixing bowl add whole wheat flour, organic sugar, baking powder, and ghee (clarified butter). Start mixing all the ingredient until you get a breadcrumb like texture. Add tutti frutti and 2 tbs milk to bind the dough.
Tip: Do not knead it else the flour will develop gluten and you will get chewy cookies.
Cover the dough with cling wrap and rest the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 30 min. After 30 minutes, take the dough out from the refrigerator and using a rolling pin roll out it into a sheet of a ¼ inch thickness.
How to bake cookies in Pressure Cooker or Idli Maker
Meanwhile, keep idli maker on a gas stove. Add salt to it and spread it evenly. Close the lid and let it heat on a medium flame for 15 minutes. Grease all the idli trays.
Using a cookie cutter cut cookies out of the rolled sheet.
Place these cookies on idli plates and place the idli stand inside idli maker. Close the lid and let the cookies bake on slow to medium flame.
It took approximately 25- 30 minutes to bake perfect cookies.
Tip: Just keep a watch. The moment edges of the cookies turn brown, switch off the flame.
Place all the baked cookies on a wired rack and let them cool completely.
Your no oven cookies are ready to be served.
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Ingredients
- 120 gm Whole Wheat Flour
- 70 gm Clarified Butter (Ghee)
- 80 gm Organic Sugar Powdered
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tbs Milk
- 30 gm Tutti Frutti
Instructions
- Mix the whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder in a bowl. Add clarified butter (ghee)
- Mix everything to get a breadcrumb like texture. Add tutti fruity and milk to bind the dough.
- Keep the dough in the refrigerator covered with a cling wrap for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes take the dough out of the refrigerator. Roll the dough into a sheet of thickness ¼ inch.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut the cookies out of it and place these on greased Idli molds.
- Meanwhile, preheat the idli cooker with salt as a base.
- Now place the stand, loaded with cookies in an Idli cooker and cover with a lid.
- Let it bake for 25-30 minutes on a medium to low flame.
- When edges turn golden, turn off the flame and keep the cookies on a wired rack to cool down.
- The healthy, delicious Cookies are ready.
Notes
- Every ingredient in the recipe and its quantity has its own significance. Do not alter them.
- This recipe is a tried and tested recipe. Substitute the ingredient/s only at your own risk.
- You can adjust the servings of this recipe in the “Recipe Card” and all the ingredients and their measurement will automatically adjust.
- To switch between grams and cups, use this “Conversion Chart”.
- In Cookies, vegetable oil and butter are not interchangeable. Butter not only provide fat to the cookies but also provide structure. Vegetable oil stays fluid in nature and hence will fail to give structure to your cookies.
- Do not knead the dough else it will develop the gluten that will result in soft and chewy cookies.
- Do not miss to refrigerate the cookie dough. This will avoid cookies spreading while baking.
- I have an Idli maker with 5 trays. To avoid burning off the cookies, I have only used to top 4 trays.
- I have used 1 kg of regular cooking salt to make the base in the Idli maker.
- The salt can be reused multiple times, hence you can store it.
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My cookies turned out to be super hard, any specific reason. I skipped baking powder.
Mansi,
Every ingredient in a recipe has a role. When you change the recipe, results will differ too.
Happy Baking
Sonia
What can I replace baking powder with. I don’t want to use baking powder as making it for my kid. I know changing ingredients will alter the results but is there anyway I can do away with baking powder?
Hi Deepali,
Skip adding baking powder and add little extra butter. Roll the cookies into thin disc and bake at lower temperature.
Happy Baking!
Sonia
Hi,
Should we remove the whistle from the Idly Cooker before Baking?
Thanks
Hi
My idli makers doesn’t have whistle option but in case your cooker has, then remove it.
Happy Baking
I tried but I have not added baking powder as much making it for my kid but its either being too hard or soft
Gayathri,
Any change in the ingredients will change the outcome.
Sonia
I tried this recipe. But my cookies not get hard even after 45 min. In pressure cooker
Leni, hope you didn’t knead the dough much and dough was firm.
Hi Sonia,
Can you please tell me how to bake these cookies using a pressure cooker. This is an amazing recipe. I like to taste it.
Hi,
The way we bake cake in pressure cooker, similarly you can bake these cookies.
Happy Baking
Sonia
Hello… Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Can I use sand instead of salt in the base of the cooker?
Dhara,
Using salt/sand has a purpose. While baking on gas generally we keep opening the lid to check if its baked or not. When we do so, it drops the temperature inside the vessel. But if you are using salt/sand, it helps to maintain the temperature.
Happy Baking!
Dear Ma’am With the salt while preheating the idli maker do we have to add water or heat dry ?
If you will add water with salt then it will be a solution that will create steam on heating. For baking, we need salt only.
Happy Baking
Sonia
Hello Mam, tried these cookies. They arey awesome in taste and with right amount of sweetness as everyone likes in my house. Have shared the pic in group also. Thank you for this recipe.🙂
Hi Dhriti,
I am so happy to know you liked the recipe and it worked well for you. Thank you for sharing your feedback.
Happy Baking
Sonia
Hi
In this recipe you used ghee…is this room temperature or melted?
Please explain me.
Thanks
Hi Asha,
The clarified butter (ghee) should be at room temperature.
Happy Baking
I tried it and came out awesome.
Thanks Sonia !!
Thanks, Alka for your feedback.
Happy Baking.
Hello,
Is it a regular idly maker without whistle or gasket ? Is aluminium idly maker ok for baking ?
Yes Sandhya, its a regular idli maker. You can use any idli maker that is available at your place.
Hi sonali
What should be temp if I bake it in convection?
Also can I skip tutti fruti?
Do oven and convection behaves differently at same temp?if yes, then how. Please guide.
Thanx a ton for all those lovely recipes.
Asiyah,
Bake these cookies at 160 °C for 15-18 minutes in convection MW. You can skip adding tutti frutti.
Happy Baking
Sonia
Can u tell cup measurements instead of weight
Hello Krupa,
Please use the conversion table at https://anybodycanbake.com/conversion-table/
Regards
Sonia
Can you please let me know how much salt we need to add in the idli maker?
Hello Bala,
I have used full 1 kg of regular cooking salt.
Regards
Sonia
Hello ma’am I prepd it in steel plate but so prepd nhi hua .is it compulsory to bake it in aluminum plate?
Dear Kanupriya,
Steel and Aluminium plate should not impact your cookies, if you ware making them on Gas.
Sonia
Can we use butter….. cause *my bro don’t like ghee
Yes Malin,
Please go ahead and use butter. Try to use unsalted butter. For Reference, check the recipe link: https://anybodycanbake.com/recipe/make-tutti-frutti-cookies/
Should we consume this on d same day? What s the shelf life?
Hello,
The shelf life of these cookies is about a week to 10 days in an air tight container.
Hope this helps.
Sonia
Hi Sonia if we make these cookies in oven than we have to use baking soda or powder?
Hi Amishi,
You may use 1/2 tsp baking powder.
Hope this helps.
– Sonia