Healthy yet delicious multigrain millet cookies make for a perfect snack for anytime! This recipe for millet cookies is vegan and yields beautiful melt in mouth cookies in no time.
One of the healthiest and easily available millets is Ragi or the finger millet. Growing up, I used to have a glass of Ragi porridge every morning – helped me keep those hunger pangs away while doing the early morning study routine. Since I loved this Ragi Kanji (porridge), amma always had this powder prepared and stocked in her pantry.
It is just not Ragi but a lot of millets and grains go into making this Satthu Maavu - health mix which is used for making this porridge. Wondering why am I telling all this now? Well, amma gets me a pack of her handmade health mix powder every time I visit her. While it is great to make Kanji, I wanted to try out making cookies and it was a huge success.
These Millet cookies are soft, delicious and can melt in your mouth, literally. I used my recipe for whole wheat cookies and adapted it to suit the millet flour I had handy. Use any millet flour, these cookies would come out great. While I have used oil, melted butter enhances the flavor. And I used organic unbleached brown sugar for this recipe, feel free to use white sugar. These cookies are not very sweet and perfect for indulgence too 🙂 I am telling you, this recipe is a keeper!
How to make Millet Cookies | Vegan Millet Cookies
📖 Recipe
Millet Cookies | Vegan Millet Cookies
MEASUREMENT
1 cup = 250ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, 1 teaspoon = 5ml
Ingredients
- 1 cup Millet Flour check notes for details
- ½ cup Organic Brown Sugar
- ¼ cup oil
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- Pinch of Salt
Instructions
- In a bowl add millet flour along with salt and baking powder. Either sieve or mix well.
- In another bowl, add sugar, oil and vanilla essence. Mix it together until sugar is dissolved.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Mix well until the mixture comes together in the form of a dough. When held tightly, it should form a ball and not breakdown. Let it sit for 5-10 mins.
- Scoop out some dough and press it into a shallow spoon. It can also be shaped between palms. Carefully wriggle out the dough from the spoon, adjust the shape as needed.
- Once all the cookies have been shaped, arrange them on a lined baking tray. Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 10-12 mins until the bottoms are golden brown. Remove them from the oven. Cookies will be soft to touch when out of oven but will harden on cooling down.
- Store in an air tight container for longer shelf life.
Note –
- My millet flour has a mixture of millets – ragi, jowar, bajra along with some grains like wheat, green moong. Use any store bought health mix or use a single millet flour based on the availability.
- Use regular sugar in the place of brown sugar.
- Melted butter can be used to enhance the flavor.
- Don’t add any water or milk as the measurements should work for the wet and dry ingredients. Just keep kneading until the dough comes together.
- Oven timings differ based on the make of the oven. Keep a close eye while baking the cookies.
Detailed step by step picture tutorial of making Millet Cookies | Vegan Millet Cookies
1. In a bowl add millet flour along with salt and baking powder. Either sieve or mix well.
2. In another bowl, add sugar, oil and vanilla essence. Mix it together until sugar is dissolved.
3. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture.
4. Mix well until the mixture comes together in the form of a dough. When held tightly, it should form a ball and not breakdown. Let it sit for 5-10 mins.
5. Scoop out some dough and press it into a shallow spoon. It can also be shaped between palms.
6. Carefully wriggle out the dough from the spoon, adjust the shape as needed.
7. Once all the cookies have been shaped, arrange them on a lined baking tray.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 10-12 mins until the bottoms are golden brown. Remove them from the oven. Cookies will be soft to touch when out of oven but will harden on cooling down.
9. Store in an air tight container for longer shelf life.
Recipe Notes
- My millet flour has a mixture of millets – ragi, jowar, bajra along with some grains like wheat, green moong. Use any store bought health mix or use a single millet flour based on the availability.
- Use regular sugar in the place of brown sugar.
- Melted butter can be used to enhance the flavor.
- Don’t add any water or milk as the measurements should work for the wet and dry ingredients. Just keep kneading until the dough comes together.
- Oven timings differ based on the make of the oven. Keep a close eye while baking the cookies.
I would be delighted to know if you have tried this recipe, don’t forget to share your feedback and comments below. If you have any questions, you can e-mail me! I am also available on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter 🙂
lynne hoareau
These sound absolutely gorgeous CH.and so different from the usual cookie ! Thanks for sharing this healthy alternative. Have a great weekend 🙂
chcooks
Thank you Lynne 🙂
suneetha gr
Love to see bakes using millets , which are best compared to maida . This looks yummy!! Thanks for sharing ✌??
chcooks
Thanks Suneetha 🙂
Traditionally Modern Food
Can't say no to healthy cookie.. looks great dear
chcooks
Thanks dear 🙂
J
Looks amazing darling! cant stop staring at these divine pieces of goodness! gonna try a batch today itself!
Much Love!
chcooks
Thank you 🙂
Payal Lodha
Hi if i want to make them absolutely crispy, can u kindly suggest alterations?
chcooks
These cookies are crispy but little soft and melt-in-mouth, cant make them more crispy.
sunitha
Hi can I use jaggery as sweetner for this recipe and which oil did u use here…
Thnk u
chcooks
Yes, you can. I used regular cooking oil.
sunitha
Hi thnks for ur quick revert….one more doubt is it baking soda or baking powder…in the ingredients list it says powder and preparation baking soda….can I use sathu mavu for this recipe…?
chcooks
Sorry about the confusion. It is actually baking powder. Yes you can use sathu mavu.. I used the same as well.
Priyanka Rai singh
What is your proportion of the different flours? Thank you so much
chcooks
Hi, sorry for late response. The flour that I used has majority ragi and other millets in minimal amounts.
Richa
Very easy recipe to follow thank you for sharing, the cookies turned out well
Ramya
Thanks a lot ?
Chelsea
This is fantastic thank you. We cannot do the sugar, and I would like to add beetroot, purée or Finley diced but I’m not sure on the quantities to add or change with the oil? Really hoping you can help me 🙏
Ramya
Hi Chelsea - I am sorry, but I have never made this with beetroot puree. But you could try replacing the quantity of sugar with the beetroot puree and see how that works?
Karen Stout
I’ve just discover millet flour and this recipe was my first foray into using it. Yes, truly a keeper recipe! Thank you so much for sharing it.
Ramya
Great to know! Thanks much 🙂
Krisha
Hey, can we use jaggery in place of sugar and is there a substitute for baking powder for this recipe ?
Ramya
Yes, you can use jaggery powder instead of sugar but there is no replacement for baking powder - as the cookies need to raise & get crispy.