Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Healthy oat-atta choco-chip cookies

These are lower on sugar than standard American cookie recipes, and healthier as they use oats and atta.

1 cup/ 200 g butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla essence

Blend butter and sugar, add eggs one by one while beating, 
then add vanilla essence.
1 cup powdered oats
1/2 cup whole oats (quick cooking, thin & small)
1.5 cup atta
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Mix gently and finally add 1 cup chocolate chips. Semi-sweet or dark. If using milk chocolate chips, reduce sugar to 3/4th cup.

Make whatever size you like and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 12-15 mins till golden on top (vary time based on size of cookies).

Makes soft cookies. 

Variations:

Freeze small portions of Nutella for 15 mins and stuff inside for Nutella filled cookies. Similarly peanut butter.
Add gems on the top just before baking.

These are totally awesome and healthy. You’ll never buy store cookies again!!

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Basic Cake Recipe (with eggs)

Ingredients:

Keep one measure

  1. 2 eggs
  2. 1 cup sugar
  3. 1 1/2 cup Flour (Maida or Atta)
  4. 1 cup butter
  5. 2 tsp baking powder
  6. 1/2 cup to 1 cup Hot milk ( as the required consistency)
  7. 6-8 drops of Vanilla Essence
To this now you can add whatever flavor you like
1 cup chocolate horlics OR
3/4th cup Cocoa OR
3/4th cup grated carrot OR
3/4th cup Tutti Fruity OR
3/4th cup dates and walnuts OR
3/4th cup chocolate chips
(don't beat this-just mix it together with a spoon in the end)

Method:

Prep: Grease your baking pan with butter and then flour. Keep that ready. You can somewhere in midway start preheat of Oven 
  • Take a container. Beat the egg whites to stiff peak
  • Take another container and start with beating the butter, once it is smooth add the sugar, the ass the egg(yellow) 
  • Then add the flour, the baking powder and the vanilla essence.
  • Add the Egg whites in the end. Beat it  well.
  • (Preheat the oven) and bake on 180 degree for about 40 to 45 minutes.
  • After 35 minutes. do the 'toothpick test' Just stick a toothpick/a skewer or a thin knife into the middle of the cake gently.If you find the batter sticking to the cake then its not done. Is your toothpick is clear then your cake is done.
  • Once you remove the Cake from the Oven- let it rest as it needs to set. Let the cake remain in the baking pan for atleast 15 minutes before removing
  • Take a butter knife and run it around the edge of the cake so that it loosens from the pan. Then flip over the cake on a clean plate.
Here are some of the cakes I have baked with this recipe



I use the same recipe for muffins. 

Happy Baking!

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