CANDIED FRUIT COOKIES | KARACHI BISCUITS

Candied Fruit Cookies | Karachi Biscuits are eggless, crispy and buttery melt in mouth cookies with candied fruit or tutti frutti bits. These are always a hit at holiday time. I have prepared two different flavors vanilla and rose.

Some other popular names for these cookies are fruit biscuits, tutti frutti cookies, holiday cookies, Christmas cookies, dried fruit cookies, Hyderabad Karachi Biscuits. These cookies are one of the best gift option for special occasions like Diwali, New Year, Christmas.

These fruit biscuits are one of the most crowd pleasing tea time biscuits  in India. I just love the aroma coming out of kitchen when baking these cookies. It just makes me crazy. These tutti frutti cookies were one of my favorite items and a must buy whenever I visited a bakery shop during my childhood.

Why Karachi Biscuits or Fruit Biscuits are famous?

Karachi Bakery is famous for the quality of baked goodies and I would highly encourage you visit their bakery if you ever visit Hyderabad. The smell will drive you crazy. These fruit biscuits are on their top list and famous for their quality, taste, flavor and texture. They are super addictive. Some of the other popular biscuits that I love are jeera biscuits, Osmania cookies.

Do Karachi Biscuits have egg?

These are pure vegetarian, eggless cookies.

These are best holiday cookies or Christmas cookies to try. Here is why!

• The light, crispy and crumbly texture with the right amount of flavor and sweetness will suit taste buds of almost people of all age group.
• Easy to make, looks classy and would be perfect to gift it to your family and friends.
• And I bet you just can't stop eating one.

Some other Holiday Desserts, Christmas Desserts or Thanksgiving Desserts that you must try :

• Persimmon Apple Pudding
• Nankhatai or Shortbread Biscuits
• Christmas Fruit and Nut Cake
• Black Forest Fault Line Cake With Buttercream Frosting or 
• you can also check in dessert and sweets category

How to make Candied Fruit or Tutti Frutti Cookies or Karachi Biscuits?

In a bowl cream together butter and sugar. Add all purpose flour and mix well. Now add milk little by little in increments to get stiff dough. The amount of milk will depend on weather condition and brand of flour you are using.

If you are making biscuits of single flavor you do not have to divide the dough. Else divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Use vanilla essence or pineapple essence for one part of the dough along with tutti frutti or candied fruits and rose essence for another part.

While making rose flavored cookies use rose syrup or rose essence. The syrup I have used is a very mild version so I have used 2 tbsp. If using rose essence just add 1 tsp.

Make log out of the dough, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for minimum of 3 hours. This is to make sure that the cookies are flaky.

Cut them into half inch thick round or rectangle cookies and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. These cookies will be soft when they are out from oven but will turn crisp once cool down.

How long can I store these cookies?

When stored in air tight container these cookies remain fresh for two weeks.

Hope you give these cookies a try. Have loads and loads of fun with your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays !!

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Detailed recipe for Candied Fruit Cookies | Karachi Biscuits

CANDIED FRUIT COOKIES | KARACHI BISCUITS

Kushi

Candied Fruit Cookies | Karachi Biscuits are eggless, crispy and buttery melt in mouth cookies with candied fruit or tutti frutti bits. These are always a hit at holiday time. I have prepared two different flavors vanilla and rose.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Rest Time 3 hrs

Course Desserts

Cuisine American, Indian

Servings 20 Cookies

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup Butter, salted, room temperature (1 stick) (you can even use unsalted butter. check notes)
• ½ cup Fine granulated sugar or powdered sugar
• 2 cups All purpose flour or Maida
• 4-5 tablespoon Milk add as required

Other Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract or Pineapple extract
• 2 tablespoon Rose syrup (optional only if doing rose flavored, you can even use rose essence instead reduce it to 1 tsp)
• ½ cup Tutti Frutti or Candied Fruits

Instructions

 

Step I

• In a mixing bowl add butter and sugar and beat for 3 to 4 minutes until its creamy and fluffy.
• To this add all purpose flour and mix well.
• Add milk in increments of tablespoon so that you get stiff dough. Do not add all milk at once. You may require more or less milk depending on the brand of flour and weather condition. So add accordingly

Step II

• If you are doing 2 flavors only then divide the dough into two.
• For one portion, add vanilla extract and mix. Add ¼ cup of tutti frutti and mix just till combined.
• Make a log out of this dough, cover it in plastic wrap and place it in freezer for 30 minutes .
• For another portion of dough, add rose syrup and mix. Then add remaining tutti frutti and mix just until combined. If using rose essence reduce the amount to 1 tsp
• Similarly make a log out of this dough, cover it in plastic wrap and place it in refrigerator for minium 3 hours
• (If you would like to do only one flavor, add the desired vanilla extract or rose syrup or even pineapple essence in step I along with flour. followed by milk and then tutti frutti. Make log and place it in refrigerator)

Step III

• Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Place parchment paper on baking sheet.
• With sharp knife cut them into half inch think cookies. of desired shape, round or rectangle.
• Place them on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let them cool completely. They will be soft when out of the oven but will become crisp as they cool down.
• Karachi Biscuits or Candied Fruit Cookies are now ready. Serve and enjoy.

Keyword Candied Fruit Cookies, Christmas Desserts, Eggless Tutti Frutti Cookies, FRuit Biscuits, Holiday Desserts, Hyderabad Karachi Biscuits, Thanksgiving Desserts

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Ingredients for Candied Fruit Cookies | Karachi Biscuits Recipe

• ½ cup Butter, salted, room temperature (1 stick) (you can even use unsalted butter. check notes)
• ½ cup Fine granulated sugar or powdered sugar
• 2 cups All purpose flour or Maida
• 4-5 tablespoon Milk add as required

Other Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoon Rose syrup (optional only if doing rose flavored, you can even use rose essence instead reduce it to 1 tsp)
• ½ cup Tutti Frutti

Instructions

Step I

1. In a mixing bowl add butter and sugar and beat for 3 to 4 minutes until its creamy and fluffy.
2. To this add all purpose flour and mix well.
3. Add milk in increments of tablespoon so that you get stiff dough. Do not add all milk at once. You may require more or less milk depending on the brand of flour and weather condition. So add accordingly

Step II

1. If you are doing 2 flavors only then divide the dough into two.
2. For one portion, add vanilla extract and mix. Add ¼ cup of tutti frutti and mix just till combined.
3. Make a log out of this dough, cover it in plastic wrap and place it in freezer for 30 minutes .
4. For another portion of dough, add rose syrup and mix. Then add remaining tutti frutti and mix just until combined. If using rose essence reduce the amount to 1 tsp
5. Similarly make a log out of this dough, cover it in plastic wrap and place it in refrigerator for minium 3 hours
6. (If you would like to do only one flavor, add the desired vanilla extract or rose syrup or even pineapple essence in step I along with flour. followed by milk and then tutti frutti. Make log and place it in refrigerator)

Step III

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Place parchment paper on baking sheet.
2. With sharp knife cut them into half inch think cookies. of desired shape, round or rectangle.
3. Place them on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let them cool completely. They will be soft when out of the oven but will become crisp as they cool down.
4. Karachi Biscuits or Candied Fruit Cookies are now ready. Serve and enjoy.