Half Moon Stuffed Cookies

Though last but not the least, I am sure this innovative version of the cookie with a crispy crunchy outer crust and a sweet and salty inner filling will bowl you over. These are half-moon shaped cookies, some with sweet coconut some with semolina dry fruits and some with salty mayonnaise sweetcorn filling. The showstopper is the stuffed swan at the centre.

1. Semolina-3 tbs
2. Crushed Dryfruits- 2tbs
3. Cardamon powder-1/4 teaspoon
4. Butter-50grams
5. Grated coconut - 1 cup
6. Milkmaid - Half cup
7. Sweetcorn- Half Cup
8. Mayonees - 1/4 Cup
9. Black pepper powder -1 teaspoon
10. Red Chilli Flakes -1/4 teaspoon
11. Rocksalt- a pinch
12. Sugar
13. Refined Wheat Flour - 1 Cup
14. Oil- 1/2 cup
15. Baking powder - half teaspoon

You can make any number and variety of fillings. Here I have made

1. Semolina Dryfruit Filling
2. Coconut Milkmaid Filling
3. Sweetcorn Mayoneese Filling

• Put butter in a heated pan to it put cardamon powder and then add semolina and crushed dry fruits and a little sugar
• Sugar depends on how much sweetness you want
• Fry them till golden brown
• Remove from heat and let it cool.

• In a heated pan put the grated coconut and the milkmaid and keep stirring it till it gets sticky

• Mix sweetcorn mayonnaise, black pepper powder, red chilli flakes and rock salt

• Now you have 3 types of filling ready: 2 sweet and 1 salty

• Make a dough with flour, oil, baking powder, a pinch of salt and water.
• Make a small ball out from the dough.
• With the help of a rolling pin, roll them into Circles

• Take each circle in your palm and put anyone filling in it.
• Fold it to half
• The edge of the two sides of the halves is joined by pressing the finger on it and folding it repeatedly so that it forms a beautiful design.

• Put these stuffed ones in a greased tray and put it in the tight preheated oven.
• Bake it at 150 degrees Celcius

• The last cookie was made into the shape of a swan.
• To make that shape, the stuffing was put in the dough and it was carved into that shaped (see the pictures)

• Same procedure has to be followed as the previous baking.

• After the cookies are baked decorate it with chocolate syrup and dry fruits as you wish.

Serve these hot cookies straight from the oven to your guests who will get a surprisingly different flavour of fillings each time they bite a different cookie. And Just watch their face glow.