Cinnamon Raisin Bread

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• Ingredients:
• 2 tsp grams active dry yeast 
•  1/2 cup lukewarm milk
• 1/2 cup lukewarm water
• 3 tbs granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbs butter, melted, more for greasing bowl and pans
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup Raisins.
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour, I mixed maida and whole wheat flour 50-50
• • 1/4 cup sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  
  
  Method:
  
  
  Mix yeast and 1tsp sugar to the lukewarm water and leave for 10 minutes until frothy
  Add lukewarm milk, raisins, 3 tbs sugar, melted butter and egg to the yeast mixture.
  Slowly add flour and salt to the mixture and knead well for about 7 minutes to make a smooth dough, If you feel dough is sticky add little bit flour.
  Now leave the dough in a well greased bowl for about 1.5-2 hours until double in size.
  Knead the dough again for 1-2 minutes and roll into a reactagle, Now sprinkle 1 tbs of milk on dough to make it little bit wet.
  Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture and fold tight in the form of a loaf. Keep the prepared loaf in a gresed loaf pan. 
  
  
  

  
  
  Leave uncovered for about an hour in a warm place.
  
  
  

  
  
  preheat oven on 180 C for 20 minutes. Bake your loaf for about 45 minuted until top is brown and you can hear a hollow sound.
  

  
  
  Take out and immediately apply butter. Leave in pan for 2 minutes then keep on wire wrack to cool.
  

  
  
  Let it cool completely before slicing.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

3 Ingredient Icecream

This is best recepi of Ice cream I tried. Thanks to my sister, it's her recepi she use to make kulfi with this method. I experimented with fruits and yeah it's great. Recepi is full proof and there is no chance of going wrong. Now you can get rich and creamy icecream with no fuss and hardwork at home with fresh ingredients and without preservatives.

Ingredients:

1 cup cream( heavy or thickened cream)

1 can of 395 gm condensed milk (milkmaid)

1/2 cup to 1 cup fruit puree of desired flavor.

(You can use fruit chunks as well. If you dont want fruit flavor you can make with 2 ingredients only or can use cocoa powder, choco chips, vanilla flavor or cardmom, pistacheo as per you taste :))

Method:

Take cream in a bowl and beat for some time until smooth..there is no need to creat soft peak but should be smooth and little bit thick.

Add condensed milk and mix well for 3-4 minutes until well combined.

now gently mix the fruit puree.

freeze in a plastic, glass container or kulfi moulds overnight.

you yummy creamy icecream is ready to dig in :)

serve with roasted cashew or pistacheo(optional)

Gulab Jamun

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk powder
• 2 tbs plain flour
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup cream
•  2 cup sugar
• 2 cup water
• oil for frying

Method

In a pan add water and sugar, bring it to boil, keep stirring until all sugar dissolve. Turn off the heat. your sugar syrup is ready. You can add cadimom or rose water in your sugar syrup. I did not add so did not mention in ingredients.  Keep aside

Now In a bowl, mix milk powder, plain flour and baking soda, add cream and mix it well. Dough should be very soft and sticky. If you feel dough is bit dry add little bit milk. Cover and set aside for about 15 minutes. Dough will be easy to handle now. Knead the dough with greased hands. Now pinch the dough equal the amount of a cherry and roll in round ball. Ball should be really smooth with no cracks.

You'll get almost 20 Gulab jamun. Now heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat and fry all balls golden brown. 

Oil should not be too hot, balls should rise to surface slowly. Gulab jamuns will be bit softer after taking out from oil. Let them cool down for about 5-7 minutes.

Now immerse fried balls in hot sugar syrup. 

Serve after half an hour.

Basic Vanilla Cupcakes

Contents:

200g unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 1 cup caster sugar

3 eggs

21/2 cup plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

Procedure

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line muffin or mini-muffin pans with paper cases.

Sift flour baking powder and baking soda together.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat. Mixture will seprate at this stage. Stir in milk followed by flour, baking powder and baking soda mixture.

Mix well until well combined. 

use 2 level tablespoons of mixture for larger cupcakes and 1 for mini cupcakes.

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until toothpick comes out clear

Shortcrust pastry for pies and tarts

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• 2 cups plainflour 
• 160 butter chilled and chopped
• 2–3 tablespoons iced water 

Process the flour and butter with until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Slowly add enough iced water to form a smooth dough. Knead very lightly then wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. When ready to use, roll out on a lightly floured surface.

Fill with desired filling and bake on 190

.follow the pics for assembly

1. butter the pie bowls

2. Roll the dough and fill in the pie bowls

3. Fill with desired filling.

4 cover with rolled pastry and seal the ends.

you can give egg wash at this point if you want.

Bake at 200 C for about 25 mins or until golden in color

Aata/wholewheat flour cookies

Aata cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

½ cup ghee at room temperature

1 to 2 tsp milk if required

cream the ghee and powdered sugar with a hand held blender or in a food processor.the mixture should become smooth, light and creamy.add wholewheat flour, salt, and baking soda.mix well, gently knead to a smooth dough.add water or milk only if required or dough looks dry.

pinch medium sized balls from the dough.roll them evenly in your palms.slightly flatten them and arrange in a baking tray. leave some space between cookies as they expand while baking.bake the cookies in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees C for 10-12 mins till light golden.remove and place them on wire racks.

Brownies

Ingredients 

1/2 cup butter

11/2 cup Sugar

1/2 tsp vanila extract

2 eggs

3/4 cup White flour

pinch baking soda(optional)

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup finely chopped cooking choclate

Procedure

1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
2. Prepare the pan by greasing. I got 18 brownies with medium thickness
3. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda then sift the flour
4. Melt butter and add sugar. Mix well and add vanilla extract. Once combined add the eggs and mix well.
5. Add the flour mixture to this and mix really well. Mix the chopped chocolate into the batter.
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7. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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Eggless version:

Instead of eggs add 3/4 cups of yogurt and 2 tsp of baking powder

Happy Baking :)