Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Baked Foods, cookies

This is a simple and basic Chocolate Chip Cookie. The cookies are chewy yet fully baked and delicious. I already posted Chocolate Chunk cookies which are a little crunchy compared to these cookies.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Bake Time : 9 minutes

Makes : 36 cookies

Ingredients:

Salted butter : 1 cup/ 2 sticks at room temperature

White sugar : 1 cup

Light brown sugar : 1 cup packed

Vanilla extract : 2 teaspoons

Eggs : 2 large

All purpose flour : 3 cups

Baking Soda : 1 teaspoon

Baking powder : 1/2 teaspoon

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Chocolate chips : 2 cups

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.

In an another bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix well.

Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix to combine.

Add the chocolate chips and mix well with a spatula.

Take 2 tablespoons of dough, roll them into balls and place them on a parchment paper line cookie sheet.

Bake the cookies for 9 minutes. The cookies will be light brown. Let them sit on the sheet for 2-3 minutes before moving to the cooling rack.

Mango Marble Cake

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Baked Foods, cakes, eggless

This Mango Marble cake has the goodness of both mango and chocolate. I made muffins with this combination several years ago but didn’t bake with mango in the last few years even though I have an abundance of fresh mangoes every season.

I was walking with a couple of friends and one of the friends mentioned that she wanted to taste the Mango Chocolate combo.

I looked out for recipes and found a Mango Chocolate Marble Cake recipe on posted by friend Usha on Myspicykitchen. I made few modifications to suit my kids tastebuds and the cake turned out delicious.

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Baking Time : 55 minutes

Makes : 8 1/2″ loaf

Ingredients:

Butter : 5 tablespoons softened

Mango pulp : 1 cup (I used fresh pulp)

Vanilla extract : 1 teaspoon

Milk : 1/4 cup

Buttermilk : 1/4 cup

All Purpose Flour : 2 cups

Baking Powder : 1 1/2 teaspoons

Baking Soda : 1/2 teaspoon

Salt : 1/4 teaspoon

Sugar : 1 1/4 cup

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder : 1/4 cup

Warm water : 4 tablespoons

Instructions:

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, add butter, sugar and mix well. Add mango pulp, yogurt, buttermilk, vanilla and mix well.

Add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt in another bowl and whisk.

Add the dry ingredients mixture to the wet ingredients slowly and whisk to combine.

Transfer half of the batter to another bowl.

Take cocoa powder in a small bowl and add warm water. Stir well to combine.

Mix this cocoa paste to one of the batter bowls and mix well to combine.

Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

Add a layer of mango batter then a layer of chocolate batter. Repeat this 3 times. Take a knife and draw 3 lines to make the swirls.

Bake the cake for 55-57 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake.

Let it cool for 30 minutes before taking the cake and slicing it.

 

 

Mango Cake (Eggless)

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Baked Foods, cakes, eggless

Mangoes are in season and my house is like a mango heaven right now with lots of mangoes I got from my farm. Eating fresh fruit isn’t just enough for kids so made this mango cake.

It’s a simple recipe yet tastes delicious. My little one finished half of the cake for breakfast. Happy kiddo, happy me.

I used pulp from Suvarnarekha variety but Alphonso will give the same result. I used cake flour as it’s light compared to the maida. You can easily make cake flour at home, take 1 1/2 cups Maida/All purpose flour, remove 3 tablespoons, add 3 tablespoons of corn starch and mix.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Bake Time : 30 minutes

Makes : 8″ cake

Ingredients:

Mango Pulp : 1/2 cup

Milk : 1/2 cup

Sugar : 1 cup

Melted Butter : 2 tablespoons

Vanilla Extract : 1 teaspoon

Cake Flour : 1 1/2 cups

Baking Powder : 1 1/2 teaspoons

Baking Soda : 1/4 teaspoon

Salt : 1/4 teaspoon

For Glaze :

Mango Pulp : 1/2 cup

Sugar : 3 tablespoons

Water : 3 tablespoons

Instructions:

Pre heat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a medium sized bowl, add milk, mango pulp, melted butter, vanilla extract and whisk to combine.

Add the dry ingredients and fold in gently to combine without over mixing.

Grease a 8″ round cake pan, pour the batter and bake for 30 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean from the middle of the cake.

In the meanwhile, add the ingredients listed under for glaze into a small sauce pan and cook for 5-6 minutes on medium flame.

Let the cake cool before pouring the glaze on the cake.

You can store any left over cake in a airtight container for 3-4 days at room temperature.

 

 

Egg and cheese pizza

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Baked Foods, Breakfast dishes, pizza

This egg and cheese pizza is perfect breakfast for a pizza lover. Pizza is topped with scrambled egg and cheese slices. My kids love this pizza. They say pizza is good for anytime of the day.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Bake Time : 15 minutes

Makes : 2 pizzas

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough : 1/2 the recipe

Fresh Tomato Marinara Sauce : 1/2 cup

Eggs : 6 scrambled

Cheese slices : 8 (each cut into 4 pieces)

Instructions:

Pre heat the oven to 500 degrees F.

Take a pizza pan, add few drops of olive oil and brush the entire pan. Take the pizza dough, flatten it to cover the pan and form the edges. Make impression in the middle with your fingers.

Add pizza sauce and smear it all over the pizza. Add scrambled egg, cheese slices and bake it for 15 minutes.

Serve hot.

 

 

 

 

Burger Buns

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Baked Foods, breads

These Buns are fairly easy to make and are perfect for Burgers. They are soft and mildly sweet and rich in taste with butter and egg in it.

I made chicken and veggie burgers using these buns are they were loved by everyone.

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Bake Time : 15-18 minutes

Resting Time : 2 hours 45 minutes

Makes : 8 buns

Original Recipe : King Arthur Flour

Ingredients:

Active Dry Yeast : 1 1/4 tablespoons

Lukewarm water : 1 cup

All purpose flour : 3 1/2 cups

Egg : 1

Butter : 2 tablespoons at room temperature

Sugar : 1/4 cup

Salt : 1 1/4 teaspoon

Melted Butter and sesame seeds as topping

Instructions:

In a medium size bowl, add water, yeast and little bit of sugar, stir and let it proof for 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, Add all purpose flour, water, sugar, salt and yeast. Knead well to make a soft, smooth dough.

Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover it with a wet cloth and let it rise for 1 to 2 hours where the dough should be double the size.

Gently punch the dough, divide it into 8 equal pieces. Shape them into a round ball, flatten to 3 inch across. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet, cover and let them rise for about an hour until they are puffy.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Brush the buns with melted butter, add sesame seeds and bake them 15-18 minutes until the top is golden brown.

Remove them from the oven, brush a little more melted butter and let them cool on a rack.

 

Cinnamon Sugar Muffins

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Baked Foods, muffins

These Cinnamon Sugar Muffins taste like baked donuts but without all the deep frying. Serve them hot out of the oven and they are gone in no time. I used this recipe to make donut holes before but when I was checking out other blogs, I came across a post of donut muffins. I tried baking these muffins and they were loved by family.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Bake Time : 18 minutes

Makes : 10 muffins

Ingredients :

Butter : 1/3 cup at room temperature

Sugar : 1/2 cup

Egg : 1

Milk : 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract : 1 teaspoon

All purpose flour : 1 1/2 cups

Ground Cinnamon : 1/4 teaspoon

Nutmeg : 1/4 teaspoon

Baking powder : 1 1/2 teaspoons

Salt : 1/2 teaspoon

Method :

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Add sugar and butter and cream it till the mixture is light and fluffy. Add egg, milk, vanilla and blend well.

Add all purpose flour, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, salt and mix well.

Add the batter into the lined muffin tin about 2/3 full.

Bake it for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the muffin. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on the muffins.

Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes before serving.

 

Oven Roasted Chicken

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Baked Foods, Chicken Recipes, One pot dishes

This Oven Roasted Chicken is simple spice mixture rubbed onto chicken thighs and drumsticks and baked to perfection. It’s a perfect dish to make for dinner.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Bake Time : 45 minutes

Serves : 3

Ingredients :

Chicken Thighs with bone : 3

Chicken Drumsticks : 3

Extra virgin olive oil : 2 tablespoons

Garlic : 3 cloves minced

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Fresh ground black pepper : 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice : 2 tablespoons

Chilli powder : 2 teaspoons

Turmeric : 1/2 teaspoon

Dry Oregano : 1/2 teaspoon

Dry Thyme : 1/2 teaspoon

Butter : 2 tablespoons

Method :

Pre heat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Wash and pat dry the chicken pieces. Make couple marks on the chicken pieces.

In a medium sized bowl, add all ingredients except chicken and mix well.

Take an oven safe pan, put the chicken pieces in it and rub the spice mixture on both sides of the chicken pieces.

Place the pan in the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes. Let it rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Serve hot with some salad.

 

Double chocolate Cookies

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Baked Foods, cookies

I have already posted several chocolate cookies but this one is chocolaty with chocolate chips mixed in it with the goodness of brown sugar. These flavours just burst in every bite of these cookies.

These cookies are one of my kids and their friends favourite. Never even got a chance to store them so far, the plate gets empty while they are still warm.

Sending this recipe over to our Blogging Marathon #110, week 2 day 1 under category Anything to snack on.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Bake time : 12-15 minutes

Makes :  12 cookies

Ingredients:

Salted Butter : 1/2 cup at room temperature (1 stick)

Brown sugar : 1 cup lightly packed

Egg : 1 at room temperature

Vanilla extract : 1 teaspoon

All purpose flour : 1 cup

Cocoa powder : 1/4 cup

Baking powder : 1/2 teaspoon

Chocolate chips: 1/2 cup

Method:

In a medium bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar until it’s light and fluffy.

Add the egg, vanilla and beat to combine.

Add the all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and mix well.

Add the chocolate chips and fold them into the dough.

Make equal sized balls out of the dough and place them on a lined sheet. Press them lightly and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place the the cookie tray in the oven and bake them for 12-15 minutes or until the edges are little brown.

Once the cookies are out of the oven, let them rest for 10 minutes before serving.

 

 

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H – Hawaiian Pizza

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Baked Foods, Blogging Marathon, pizza

Hawaiian Pizza has a sweet and savoury flavours mixed in. Traditional mix of tomato sauce is used as the base in making this pizza and topped with cheese, pineapple, and ham. It was created by a a chef named Sam Panopoulous at a restaurant located in Ontario, Canada in 1962. He chose the name Hawaiian after the brand of canned pineapple he used.

I made a vegetarian version so, I added jalapeño instead of ham. Sending this recipe over to our Blogging Marathon #110, week 1 day 2 under A to Z 30 minutes or under recipes.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Bake Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 2-3

Ingredients :

Pizza Dough : 1/2 this recipe (you can use store bought dough)

Fresh Tomato Marinara Sauce : 4 tablespoons (Any pizza sauce can be used)

Pineapple : 1 cup diced

Jalapeños : 1/4 cup sliced

Shredded Mozzarella cheese : 1/2 cup

Shredded cheddar cheese : 1/4 cup

Method :

Pre heat the oven to 500 degrees F.

Take a pizza pan, add few drops of olive oil and brush the entire pan. Take the pizza dough, flatten it to cover the pan and form the edges. Make impression in the middle with your fingers.

Add pizza sauce and smear it all over the pizza. Add Pineapple pieces and Jalapeños. Add both cheeses and bake it for 14-15 minutes.

Remove the pizza from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve immediately.

 

 

 

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Chicken Fajita Roll-ups

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Baked Foods, Chicken Recipes

Chicken Fajita Roll-ups are made with skinless boneless thighs, bells peppers and flavourful spices. Simply serve it along with any salad of your choice.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 10 minutes

Bake Time : 10 minutes

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken Thighs : 5

Red bell pepper : 1 sliced

Yellow bell pepper : 1 sliced

Green bell pepper : 1 sliced

Dressing:

Extra virgin olive oil : 2 tablespoons

Dried Oregano : 1 teaspoon

Red chilli flakes : 1 teaspoon

Ground cumin : 1 teaspoon

Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Pre heat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a small bowl, add the ingredients listed under dressing and mix well.

Take the chicken pieces, brush the dressing on the inner thigh, place the peppers and roll it up. Secure the chicken with a toothpick.

Heat oil in a pan, place the chicken pieces seam side down, brush the chicken with the dressing and cook on med-high heat for 5 minutes until it’s golden brown. Turn the chicken and cook for another 4-5 minutes until the chicken turns golden brown.

Place the cooked chicken pieces in a oven safe pan and bake it for 10 minutes.

Serve hot with any salad. I served with a simple salad.