Graham Crackers Recipe | Whole Wheat Crackers For Kids

      Graham Crackers a healthy cookie originally created with graham flour by Sylvester graham. Graham flour is a combination of finely ground unbleached wheat flour and coarsely ground endosperm,wheat bran . It is considered as a health food as a part of graham diet.Graham diet is a special diet following vegetarianism and not to use alcohol .There is abundant of  fresh vegetables,fruits and also has milk and milk by-products. 

One Bowl Chocolate Cup Cake | Easy Cup Cake Recipe

   Chocolate cupcake- a go-to snack recipe. Very easy and airy cake with less calorie.Great for kids lunch box/ snack. Usually, while making the cake I use two bowls, one for mixing the dry ingredients and other for the wet ingredients. But this recipe needs only a bowl so have less work while you clean.Also, no tension in the order of ingredients you add.You can add in the way you want.Only thing is first to mix up dry ingredients then mix wet one by one.No need to follow any procedure.

Eggless Coconut Cookies Recipe | Easy Cookie For Kids

    Coconut cookies - a simple crunchy cookies made with the ingredients in your pantry.Dessicated coconut adds a mild coconut flavor to the cookies and the butter makes it just melt in mouth.

Vanilla Sponge Cake | Birthday Cake | Easy Cake Recipe

        Vanilla sponge cake a simple cake from the scratch with less calories(eggs) but is so fluffy and soft  also with less sugar.This cake can be used as a birthday cake with vanilla frosting or any frosting.If you are serving the cake as is ,add some confectionery sugar on top.

StrawBerry Birthday Cake | Eggless Cake

     Strawberry Birthday Cake :  A moist cake you can make at home for your loved ones without any eggs.Does this sound interesting? I made this cake for my daughters birthday,she loved ..loved.. and loved it so much.

Oatmeal Bread | Wheat Oats Bread

          Oatmeal bread-one more bake made without any bread machine.Off late i am baking at least once a week.This has become my hobby, i tried wheat bread with slight variation adding oats flour to it.Most people add bread flour instead of all purpose flour that too in high quantity.It's not the point in making a healthy bread at home (at least to me).So i used less all purpose flour.It came out really good ,equally good compared to store bought bread.

Eggless Banana cake | Pressure Cooker Cake | Video Recipe

       Eggless Banana Cake - a moist cake made with pressure cooker.I have been getting request for a pressure cooker based cake since i started blogging.I have tried it 2 -3 times since then.But missed taking pictures of it.This time i got a video recipe(as a bonus) of Eggless pressure cooker banana cake.Hope you guys like the video.Share your thoughts in the video,so that i can do more of it if you guys like it.

I added walnuts to make the cake more interesting ,but you can add what ever nuts you have at hand.You can double or triple the recipe if you wish.

Chocolate Pie|Tofu Chocolate Pie

            Chocolate pie -i actually came across this pie when i failed to make homemade chocolates.When i searched for chocolate recipes ,i found this heavenly chocolate pie recipe. This caught my attention ,because its very easy and very appealing. As usual i substituted with ingredients at hand and made a wonderful dessert.

   Pie is a baked Dish made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet and savoury ingredients.This pie don't have a pastry, instead uses crackers as the base and indian cheese,chocolate and tofu puree as the filling.

*****This is not vegan or vegeterain pie it has eggs and indian cheese.

     This chocolate pie is mild sweet without any cream topping.When you eat it after a meal ,its just all you want.If you feel its less sweet you can melt some chocolate and top it.I did this later to please my daughter.  

For substitution :

• I used Marie biscuit for base ,you can use graham crackers or orea instead.
• I used yogurt .you can use cream cheese in  the original recipe as well .
• Use silken tofu.I used firm tofu so the pie has little texture problems.                     
  
  
  

       

Almond Cookies|Easy Cookie Recipe

        Almond cookie- Easy cookie recipe which is light sugary ,nutty,cardamom flavoured with no baking powder/ baking soda or no egg.You can pack and gift your friends and loved ones this cookie ,they get surprised if you say them i baked these almond cookies.If you want to bake a cookie from scratch without any ready made ingredients then this cookie is just for you.See the below points for any substitue .

Substitutions/Alterations:

• Can use almond flour instead of whole almonds.
• Can substitute whole wheat flour with all purpose flour.
• Can substitute butter with oil if you want a lesser saturated fat(but don't substitute with coconut oil ,this has larger saturated fats than butter).
• Can replace almond with other nuts like walnuts too.

If you are using a aluminium tray for baking this cookie then sure it will be ready in 10 minutes .If you use a thick pan then it will take 15 minutes for the almond cookies to be ready.

Looking for easy cookies? try

1. Lime cookies.
2. Peanut butter cookies.
3. oats cookies.

actual recipe is from here (altered).                                  

   

EggLess Cake|Whole Wheat Cake

     Its Christmas time and everybody is cooking Christmas cake, i cooked this simple Whole wheat cake instead.This is a egg less and less sugar cake.If you are a sugar lover then you can add a glaze of sugar and vanilla over the top to give a perfect sugary look.I referred priyas blog to make this Egg less whole wheat cake.
      I don't do much cakes. If i make one I want to give some healthy twist.So i haven't added any sugar glaze to this whole wheat cake.If you are beginner to baking, then you can refer my post basic for beginners.This post gives a perfect start for anyone new in baking cookies and cakes.
 My cakes will be strange like Cheerios avocado cake.But some times i make it simple like Banana oats muffin,
     If you want a simple Christmas cake without no further preparation then you can see my Christmas cake recipe.If you are a fruit lover then there is a Strawberry cake made using fresh strawberry puree.
  All the cakes i do have less sugar keeping in mind sugar will increase the calories intake and not at all good taken regularly.But once in a while to celebrate a fantastic birthday or to enjoy a party you can always add little more sugar ,glaze or frosting to your cakes
    This cake stay good for 2-3 days if stored properly.

Healthy Cake/Avacado Cake

     I wanted to bake healthy cakes for my kid .I know avacado is healthy and i already included them in one of my cake recipe .So i just can't buy cakes from outside.
      For this month Shhh ..Secret challenge sonali pathak gave me avocado and blueberry as the secret ingredient.I was little skeptical about the ingredients first ,then i decided to make a cake with them.The cake was just awesome .
       I added milk and water to this cake .So better place the cake in refrigerator and microwave for 20-30 seconds before serving,if you eating it other day . Its healthy to the core .It was gooey because of the addition of ragi flour .It was soft to the core because of the addition of avocado  .
    My little one loved it a lot .Even my husband was surprised it is made of ragi and avocado .You can add more oil instead of milk to extend its shelf life.

Some other cake recipes

1. Strawberry cake 
2. Cheerios Cupcake
3. Christmas cake

Preparation time:20 min
Cooking time :1 hour -1 1/2 hours
Yields :10 -12 cupcakes

Lime Cookies/Easy Cookie Recipe

              I got addicted to lime cookies after we ate them at a Thai restaurant near our place. The lady of the restaurant is so kind, she gave us lime cookies after we had dinner. It was so crisp and had a little kick of lime to it. I wanted to make it for such a long time .

              I got whole bunch of lime the other day and thought of baking using eggs. I was in a hurry to finish the eggs. We follow a custom not to eat meat during "puratasi" which is a tamil month and it  started today. Alas !!!  I couldn't find any recipes with egg .

              Finally I settled on baking some lime cookies , just for baking something. My little girl loves cookies and sweets.

              So while I was looking at the recipe in a hurry, I forgot to notice the powdered sugar mentioned in the recipe and added regular domino sugar (which is little finer compared to Indian sugar) and keep on kneading the dough for sometime .Then I realized that I did something wrong and finally I got to know that the recipe requires powdered sugar. Poor me, anyways I added more ghee to finish the cookies at least to hold their shape.(you can use milk or water ,but it may spoil the shelf life of the cookies ,so I didn't add any).But this is easiest cookie recipe i ever made.     

       You can make this cookie in a stove top or in the oven. To me both cookies have same texture except the oven baked ones are a little puffy compared to stove top ones .You can top it with sugar if you want the cookie to be fancy. Sprinkle the sugar before you start baking. Pistachios didn't stick well to the cookies for me because the dough didn't have enough moisture. May be next time when I use domino sugar I will melt it and add it to the dough .

 easy  kids snack

• Peanut butter cookies
• Granola bars
• Chewy cinnamon Oats Cookie

Preparation time:20 min

Cooking time:12-15 min(oven) 8-10 min (stove top)

Yields:15 cookies

WholeWheatBread/SoftestWheatBread

            Bread has become the easy and healthy breakfast /Snack .When you are not in the mood to cook some elaborate meal bread comes in handy.Making bread at home i have never imagined it .One fine day i wanted to  try bread recipe that too from WholeWheat flour ,I don't know A or Z in bread baking .I found abundant of recipes but none of them is my choice (either they use egg or they has the long process or i may not have the ingredient they mentioned ),i tried a few of them and it turned out to be a super flop .I saw this recipe at veg recipes and i am happy that i found the right recipe for me .I did little variations in resting time,yeast amount and oven temperature after a few tries .NOW got the perfect whole wheat bread .
           Don't think your bread will be as soft as you get in bakery /shops.For that you need to add little wheatgerm or all purpose flour.Also sometimes it may fall apart.
            Its such a pleasure to make our own breads , somehow needs a little patience and  determination.You can see a very long note at the end ,that tell the stories of my failure .Now to Baking ...

Interested in some baked goodies check

Oats cookie(whole wheat flour)
Strawberry cake(With fresh strawberry)
Avocado cupcake(whole wheat flour)
Oats banana muffins(whole wheat flour)
Granola bars(no bake)

Preparation time:10 minutes apart from (2 hours +1 hour resting)
cooking time :45-55 minutes
yields :1 loaf (10-12 pieces)
Recipe source:vegrecipesofindia(Altered)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 1/2 tsp active yeast
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter/ghee
• 2 tbsp sour curd/yogurt
• 1 3/4 cups water

Method:

• Combine wheat flour , yeast together .

• Add salt ,sugar and butter as well

• Add Curd/Yogurt and knead it.

• Add (cold) water little by little and combine well  together  .
• mix them well for 3-5 minutes to get the gluten.
• The dough should be sticky and little elastic.

•  Keep it covered and allow it to rise for 2 hours 

               (Before first rise|After the first rise pic 2)

• After 2 hours  slightly punch the dough and fold it in to a roll and seal the edges .

(After punching|Make a fold)

• Keep it in the loaf pan/bread pan and keep it covered for another hour or 2(depends upon the temperature of your place)

(Keep in loaf/bread pan|After second rise)

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 10 min.
• Keep the double raised dough and bake it for 40 minutes .
• After its done tap the bottom to see if its done .
• Cool it down (on a wire rack) and slice them and store in a airtight container until further use .

Note:

• To see whether the bread is done :

1. You can insert a thermometer and see the inside temperature is around 200 degrees .
2. You can take out the bread and flip it and tap the bottom ,while tapping if you get a dup sound (means the inside is hollow)its ready to take out of the oven.
3. You can see the bread pull outwards and the upper part of the bread is not soft .
4. The bread should be little browned as well while baking.

Other notes:

• Knead the bread very well until it forms gluten to avoid any failures .

• Temperature of baking and texture of the bread will vary depending upon the oven temperature and flour quality used.
• You can add oil instead of butter( i haven't tried it yet,but sure it wont affect the texture of the bread)
• You can use vinegar instead of curd/yogurt.
• If you are in colder country and trying this recipe, to make the bread soft and the yeast do its work put it in oven with lid and lights on (don't turn on the oven only the lights) so the dough will rise quickly with the temperature of the lights .
• Keep the Proofed dough also in heated oven  if you are baking bread in a coldest day .
• Allow the bread to cool at least for an hour before you cut it, because the bread gets cooked when it cools down (like our pressure cooker we don't take off the foods before the pressure reduces).
• If you don't have a wire rack you can cool the bread by keeping it in vessels crossed(by doing this way the bottom will not become soft).
• If you are living in a warm country you can keep the dough rest for little less time mentioned here .
• You can store the bread in freezer for 2-3 weeks (in an airtight container) .Slice them before hand and store .Reheat it in tava or microwave for 15 -20 seconds
• If you are storing in fridge it may last up to a week.Reheat in tava with or without butter .

Linking it to Bakefest started by vardhini hosted by rafee
linking this to kids delight event of srivalli hosted by priya
Linking it to Harinis bloganniversary event giveaway.

PeanutButterCookies/SimplePeanutButterRecipe

              Made some peanut butter which i was thinking of doing it for  a very Loooong time .My little one likes peanut butter a lot like her mother .She used to eat peanut butter as is.To enjoy the peanut butter flavour more i did these cookies .Believe it or not it was exactly like Britannia cashew cookies ,if i have added some cashews then its exactly that cookie .hmm So So yummy and we thoroughly enjoyed it a lot .Even though it was little high in calories we ate little less than our daughter  did.If you are looking for a soft and flaky cookies this is the one.Enjoy making it for your loved ones and don't forget to write back to me

If you are looking for how to make peanut butter check here.

Interested in some baked goodies check

Oats cookie(whole wheat flour)
Strawberry cake(With fresh strawberry)
Avocado cupcake(whole wheat flour)
Oats banana muffins(whole wheat flour)
Granola bars(no bake)

Preparation time:10 min
Baking time:8 min
Yields:24-28 Medium size cookies
Recipe source:here

Strawberry Cake/Simple StrawberryCake

I got a whole Kilogram of strawberrys ,so i want to use it in my cake .I blended them  and started making cake and the outcome was so flavourful and so aromatic cake.One of our friend visited our house ,i served them this and the little boy liked it so much .My friend asked me to share the recipe.I was all flying in the clouds :P
This cake has less sugar ,if you have a sweet tooth(sugar lover) you can add more sugar .You can make it as a cupcake and add your favourite topping(frosting) .This cake can be made for birthdays and fill some strawberry topping(frosting) on top ,thats all you wanted for a wonderful birthday .If you want some other cake flavor like berry,banana  simply substitute the strawberry with the fruit you wish.

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:35-40 min
Yields:15 slices

Basics of Baking /Essential to buy before baking

Before I start about basics post let me tell you how I got in to baking . I am not well orgainzed and generally  was not comfortable making things which were a little complicated. I still remember my first cake, it was simple banana cake. Like everyone else I started out by googling for banana cake then found a recipe and tried it. Cake was  awesome and I was so happy that I made something totally different from my every day dishes, and it was big hit with my family. I did not bookmark the recipe and next time when I tried to do I ran into trouble. So I started keeping track of ingredients and measurements.

Cheerios avacado cake/Eggless butterless cupcake/Cocoa cheerios cupcake

Valentines day wishes to all readers. I hope all of you enjoyed valentines with your sweet hearts.This year is not like any other years valentines day because I have learnt to bake. I decided to do bake a cake.So I did this cake to my dearies and they loved it ..
Original recipe is not up to the mark and I made several changes that suited me like avocados,whole wheat flour,sugar .

For other simple bake recipes like christmas cake,banana oats muffin.

Preparation time:10 min
Baking time:30 min
Yields:9 cakes

Christmas Cake | Instant Cake Recipe | Plum Cake | No Alcohol Cake

     I was searching for Christmas cake recipes to use my tangerines lying on the fridge .After I saw this recipe I could not take my eyes off it  and wanted to try this.When i thought of making the cake,was  little skeptical about the recipe. I reduced the size by half and made it .After making i was really worried why haven't i made a big batch.My dear ones loved it  and the cake was over the very next day.After eating the cake i felt like i was eating i remembered the bakery style plum cake covered in butter paper.

Banana oats muffin/Breakfast muffin/Healthy muffins

I wanted to use up the bananas which were laying in pantry for a long time. My daughter eats morning breakfast at home and goes to school (Even though most kindergarten schools provide breakfast ), so wanted to make her a healthy breakfast alternative apart from cereals (she loves cereals). Oats is a healthy whole grain and it has many benefits lowering cholesterol being one of them.

Muffins when made correctly are an healthy alternative to our staples idly, dosa. No butter not much oil and is  low in calories compared to cakes. No heavy beating of eggs, cream, butter and sugar. Mix the ingredients ,fill the cups ,bake it .Your muffins will be ready .Very easy and they are very very filling too .You can store this for 3-4 days it an airtight container. Kids love eating them whenever they wish .

Preparation time:10-15 min
Cooking time:16-20 min
Yields:8 muffins
Recipe source:health magazine

Eggless Oatmeal Cookies|Healthy Cookies

     Egg less oatmeal cookies is a light sugary ,crunchy, healthy cookie with wheat flour.Because of the addition of butter its on high calorie end.You can use eggs instead of milk.You can skip the milk and use water too.Its a healthy cookies because there is a lot of oats in here ,i used wheat flour instead of regular flour to bind the oats.
    Cookies are every body's favourite especially here in US ,even grown kids(adults) love it. This Oatmeal cookie has more cinnamon which makes a heavenly aroma while baking  and gives a nice touch of flavour while eating. For this holiday season this is the best recipe to bake for your kids and for yourself.

     To understand the difference between baking soda and baking powder use this link. The recipe ask for baking soda but I had only baking powder so  used the above link to substitute 1 tsp of baking soda with 2 tsp of baking powder.
    Recently i did this Oatmeal cookies to gift our neighbours they are vegetarians so i tried egg less version and got a chance to picture these Healthy oatmeal cookies again.