Eggless & Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies

        

Ever since I bought this book last year, I have been doing a lot of baking at home.... Thanx to the book, I'm not scared to bake anymore!! :) This crunchy cookie recipe is also adapted from the same book. A lot of Mane Adige readers have been mailing and asking me to post more eggless recipes. So, here goes!!

Meanwhile, I have less than a week left before my parents arrive...  I am soooo excited!!!! And also a little scared... I hope the swine flu issue does not create any problems during their travel... I also have a lot of minor preparations to make, for their arrival. And these terrible rains and cold weather is not helping in any way :((.... Will keep you guys posted! Hope y'all like the cookies....

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Butter at room temperature

3/4 cup Sugar OR 1/2 cup brown sugar+ 1/4 cup sugar

1.5 cups All Purpose Flour/ Maida

1 tsp Baking soda

2 tsp Vanilla extract

3 tbsp Cooking oil

1/2 cup Chopped nuts (optional)

1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Pieces

1/2 cup Shredded coconut (optional)

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 deg F.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy - approx. 2 minutes. If you are using electric mixer, set the speed to medium.
3. Slowly add the flour, baking soda, vanilla, oil and mix until completely combined. Note: For a flatter cookie, or if the batter is too dry, add a couple of spoons of water.
4. Add the chocolate chips, nuts, coconut and mix gently with a wooden spoon. Adjust the quantity of chocolate chips according to your wish.
5. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets, spaced 2 inches apart; Bake for 8-10 mins or until the cookies are completely done.
6. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Serve with milk or as is and relish!

Prep Time: About 35-45 mins;

Makes: About 20-25 cookies;

Eggless Moist Chocolate Cake

Here's wishing you all a Merry Christmas!!!!! May Peace, Hope and Love be with you Today and always......

The other day while blog hopping, I found this recipe for Moist Chocolate Cake on Priya's Kitchen. It was eggless and it looked delicious too!!! So, I tried it out couple of days back and it came out really good..... Moist and fluffy. I picked the frosting recipe from here : Buttercream Frosting. Hope you people like it as much as we did. Enjoi!!!

Masala cookies / Khaara biscuits

On this one, I just have to say that they are my all time fav!!!! I came across a whole lot of cookie recipes while blog hopping this month, and was tempted to bake some too. So, here's my Indian version of Cookies!!! :). They make a gr8 evening snack and go really well with a hot cup of tea/coffee.

P.S : I know that the star shape of these cookies would make you think that they are sweet.... But they aren't. These are actually spicy and salty. The original cookies that you get in the Indian bakeries are circular in shape. But since I didn't have a circular cutter of the right size, I had to opt for the star.

Ingredients:

2 cups Maida/All purpose flour

1/2 cup Ghee/Clarified butter

2-3 tbsp Curds

1 tsp Chilli powder

1" Ginger, finely chopped or grated

1/2 tsp ( or , as per taste) Salt

2-3 tsp Sugar

1-2 tsp Jeera

1-2 Green chillies, finely chopped

1-2 strands Curry leaves, finely chopped

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

A generous pinch of hing

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl to make a pliable dough. If the dough is too dry, add some extra curds.
2. Grease an aluminium foil or plastic sheet and roll the dough into circles, like how you would roll chapatis.
3. Cut out pieces of desired shape with the help of cookie cutter and place on a greased baking tray.
4. Preheat the oven to 350F and bake for about 20 mins or until done.
5. Cool and store in airtight containers.

Eggless Chocolate Brownies

Ash-Abhi are finally married!!!!! Rumours/stories about the wedding venue, the invitations, guests list, mehendi, sangeet etc etc etc have been crazily filling news papers, magazines and websites for the past few months. Were any of you folks invited??!? Nor was I :-(( ...... ;-))). Anyway, here's wishing them a very happy wedded life!!!!

Ash-Abhi ke naam pe kuch meetha hojaaye??!! :-). I have for you the recipe for Chocolate Brownies.There are many ways to make brownies. This is the recipe that I got from my mom. Hope you like it.

Ingredients:

2 cups Plain flour/Maida

2 cups Powdered Sugar

1 cup Milk

5 heaped tsp Cocoa powder

2/3 cup Butter

2 tsp Baking Powder

2 tsp Custard Powder (optional)

1/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and powdered sugar until it turns soft and creamy.


2. To this, add milk and stir well; Add the remaining ingredients and beat until all the ingredients mix well and form a smooth batter.


3. Grease a baking pan and smear some flour on it. Pour the batter into the baking pan.


4. Preheat the oven to 350deg F and bake the batter for about 30-35 mins.


5. Brownies are done when a pricked toothpick come out clean. Remove from oven and let it cool to room temperature.


6. Cut into square pieces with a knife and serve. Note: If you want, you can peel off the hard upper layer before serving.

Serving: Chocolate brownies can be served with Vanilla ice cream or a glass of chilled milk.