Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Bakery style Biscuits are the best accompaniment to your tea or to share as edible gifts. Besides, these cookies are very famous in Hyderabad, originally baked in the city’s famous Karachi Bakery. Hence the name Karachi Biscuits. They are absolutely melt in the mouth good and so easy to put together. 

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits are one the most prettiest cookies I’ve ever baked, obviously after the Rose and Pistachio Shortbread cookies. Whenever I bake Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits, I think of Christmas 🙂 It’s probably because of the red and green beauties studded in the cookies. These colorful candies fruits make these buttery, crisp cookies even more delectable 🙂

One can choose any colors of candied fruits. I prefer red and green. However, even golden-yellow is just as pretty or add some orange-colored ones. The colors do not make any difference to the flavors but they sure look so pretty!

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits are not difficult to make but many of my readers have asked me to share tips on how to bake these cookies to perfection, basically, tips and tricks ensure that the cookies do not spread as they bake. In my last 3-4 years experience of baking cookies, I’ve perfected a few important, yet easy tricks that I follow to ensure that the cookies never spread as a rule!

  1. Butter – use a good quality unsalted butter. Do not whip the butter and sugar more than necessary and incorporate unnecessary air into it. We do not want the cookies to rise. Hence, just mix the butter and sugar just enough until they have incorporated with each other.
  2. Sugar – In my learnings, trial, and errors, I’ve come to the conclusion that using icing sugar in most recipes that clearly call for powdered sugar works better than regular powdered sugar or superfine casting sugar. The reason is that the superfine sugar melts quickly and that causes the cookies to spread. Thus, I use icing sugar in most recipes.
  3. Baking sheet – Never butter the baking sheet. Line it with greaseproof parchment paper or even silicon sheet. This ensures that the minimum grease because grease causes the cookies to spread quickly.
  4. Chill – Anything that contains butter and stays at room temperature is going to melt and spread around when in contact with heat. It’s always advisable to chill the cookie dough (like bourbon biscuits) or the log (in case of slice and bake cookies) thoroughly before baking. The longer you can chill, the better! Even if they are cut out cookies like sugar cookies, please chill them for 3-4 hours after cutting them out and before baking them.
  5. Temperature – Preheat the oven at a good, high temperature because that high temperature ensures that the cookies sets in the first 5 minutes of the baking time and spreads less while baking. The reason is that, when the oven is set at a lower temperature to preheat and bake, this low temperature gives the butter in the cookies a longer time to melt and spread in the oven.
  6. Measuring the ingredients – This is very crucial. Ingredients must be measured correctly for the best results. One can’t blame a recipe if the ingredients aren’t measured correctly. I use a weighing scale when necessary or standard measuring cups when the recipe specifies ingredients in cups. Keep a set of measuring spoons handy for ingredients like baking powder, soda, etc. which can actually make or break any recipe!

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

I believe these tips should tide you over as they have helped me too. It is inevitable that in the initials days of baking cookies, they may spread. That mustn’t scare you or put you off. Invest in good quality parchment paper, baking sheets and most importantly – ingredients. Buy quality ingredients as they will disappoint you far fewer times in your attempts to bake.

Let’s get you baking.

Measure and set aside the flour, custard powder, and the cardamom powder.

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits
Take butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, cream them together just until they are mixed together.
Do not over beat them to incorporate ant air into these ingredients.

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits
Then add the Tutti Frutti and vanilla extract.
Mix it these well then add the flour.
Mix them well with a light hand and bring them together to make a ball.
Use 1-2 tbsp. of milk only if you are unable to make a round ball.
The dough doesn’t need to be kneaded, just bring it together. The mixture is very soft and pliable.
Now, take the dough on some cling wrap and roll it well to give it the shape of a thick log.

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits
Wrap the log well and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. I refrigerated the log for about 48 hours.
In the meantime, preheat your oven @165’C for about 10 minutes.
Line your baking tray with some parchment paper.
Remove the chilled log of dough from the refrigerator and cut it in about 1/4th inch slices.
Place them slightly apart on the lined baking tray.

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

Bake them for 12-15 minutes @165’C using the lower rods.
Remove the tray from the oven & let it cool on the baking tray itself for about 15 minutes, then cool the cookies on a cooling rack until they are completely cooled.
The cookies are soft when you remove them from the oven but they crisp up as they cool down. You can store these in airtight containers for 2-3 days.

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

Tutti Frutti Cookies/ Karachi Biscuits

Prep Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Yield: 15 medium cookies

Karachi Bakery Style fruit biscuits are egg free, crumbly, crisp and absolutely melt in the mouth! The best accompaniment to your tea or coffee that are generously dotted with candied fruits.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup Maida/ APF
  • 2 tbsp. custard powder of any flavor (I used vanilla)
  • 1/4 + 2 tbsp. icing sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted softened butter
  • 1/8 tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract/ essence
  • 1/2 cup of mixed Tutti Frutti
  • 1-2 tbsp. milk (optional, to be used only to make a smooth dough)

Instructions

  1. Measure and set aside the flour, custard powder and the cardamom powder.
  2. Take butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, cream them together just until they are mixed together.
  3. Do not over beat them to incorporate ant air into these ingredients.
  4. Then add the tutti Frutti and vanilla extract.
  5. Mix it these well then add the flour.
  6. Mix them well with a light hand and bring them together to make a ball.
  7. Use 1-2 tbsp. of milk only if you are unable to make a round ball.
  8. The dough doesn't need to be kneaded, just bring it together. The mixture is very soft and pliable.
  9. Now, take the dough on some cling wrap and roll it well to give it the shape of a thick log.
  10. Wrap the log well and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. I refrigerated the log for about 48 hours.
  11. In the meantime, preheat your oven @165'C for about 10 minutes.
  12. Line your baking tray with some parchment paper.
  13. Remove the chilled log of dough from the refrigerator and cut it in about 1/4th inch slices.
  14. Place them slightly apart on the lined baking tray. Bake them for 12-15 minutes @165'C using the lower rods.
  15. Remove the tray from the oven & let it cool on the baking tray itself for about 15 minutes, then cool the cookies on a cooling rack until they are completely cooled.
  16. The cookies are soft when you remove them from the oven but they crisp up as they cool down. You can store these in airtight containers for 2-3 days.

Notes

Please note that baking time may vary as every oven is different, so time the oven accordingly. The cookies turn slightly golden around the edges as they are ready, so remove them from the oven as per the color.

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