Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies:These are gorgeous looking cookies, I fell in love with chocolate crinkle cookies by the look of it and right away decided to bake some. Chocolate crinkle cookies are best addition as a holiday cookie and here I am baking these in February 😉.

Chocolate crinkle cookies are basically made by the cookie dough ball coated with icing sugar and then baked hence giving them a crinkle look. It has a quite soft and moist cake like texture inside and a crisp texture outside.

Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:10-15 min
Yields: 10-12 large cookies

Ingredients needed: 

All Purpose Flour  – 1 cup
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder- 1/2 cup
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Baking Powder – 1 tsp

Sugar – 2/3 cup
Unsalted Soft Butter – 1/4 cup

Eggs – 2

Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp

Confectioners Sugar / Icing Sugar – 1/2 cup 

Method:

Take the dry ingredients - flour, salt baking powder and cocoa in a bowl and sieve or mix together and set aside.

Cream together butter and granulated sugar in a bowl til light and fluffy using a  handmixer.
Add in egg and again beat with the handmixer.
Add in vanilla essence and mix well.
Add in the flour mix and mix well using a spatula to form a lumpy mix.
Cover well with a cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 2-3 hrs.
Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Make even sized balls from the dough using a tablespoon or ice cream scoops and cover generously with icing sugar.
Bake for 10-15 minutes till cookies are done.
Store in an airtight container after cooling down.

How to check crinkle cookies are done?

The cooking of the crinkle cookies cannot be said by look of it. Cookies can be overdone within minutes.The crinkle cookies are done when the top crack open and when you touch lightly in the center no imprints remain.

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Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake: I always like the taste of lemon. So a lemon flavored cake is always in my bucket list, but never actually did it for no reason. Last week we happened to buy a bunch of fresh lemon from our nearby farmers market. So finally I made lemon cake. This lemon cake is so moist with fragrance of fresh lemon and the tanginess from lemon zest. It is so perfect for me. Hope you all like it.

Lemon Cake

Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:40 min
Serves:5-6

Recipe source:here

Ingredients needed: 

For Cake:
1 1/3 cup All purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
4 tbsp milk
1 tbsp lemon zest
11/2 tsp Baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence(Optional)

For Syrup:
2 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup confectioners sugar

For Glaze:
1 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup confectioners sugar

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan(I used loaf pan) with butter and dust with flour and set aside.
Sieve or mix together he dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar using a hand mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
Add vanilla essence and lemon zest and mix well.
Fold in  half of the flour mixture then add milk and finish off with rest of the flour mixture.
Pour the batter to the prepared baking pan and bake for 40 mins  till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
For the syrup:
Add lemon juice and sugar in a sauce pan and whisk in low heat til the sugar dissolves.
As soon as the cake is out of the oven make holes with toothpick and soak the cake in this syrup by brushing it all over the cake.
For the glaze:
Mix lemon juice and sugar til smooth and white.
Drizzle or spread the glaze on top of the cake.

Notes:

Adjust the amount of sugar and lemon juice in the syrup and glaze as per your taste.

Garlic Pull-apart Rolls - Eggless

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Garlic Pull-apart Rolls - Eggless:
Hello guys

I'm posting after a while. So want to try baking with yeast. I always want to try with yeast but not sure how it is working. I'm always doubtful how to activate it or whether it will rise or not or what will be the final outcome. This time tried with a no fail recipe I found on the blogging world. This garlic pull apart recipe is very easy, just mix everything together and make rolls. These rolls are so soft and buttery thus became our family favorite.

Garlic Pull-apart Rolls

Ingredients needed:

For the dough:

All Purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Warm water - 1/2 cup
Active Dry Yeast - 1/2 tbsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 2 tbsp


For the garlic spread:


Salted butter, at room temperature - 6tbsp
Minced Garlic - 2 tbsp
Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbsp(Optional)


Method:
Mix yeast with warm water and  sugar ,allow it to proof for 10 minutes.
In a wide mixing bowl add flour, salt and yeast mixture and knead well to a dough.
Then add olive oil and knead again until you get smooth and stiky dough.
Wrap the dough in cling film and let it rest for 45 minutes to rise.
Mix the ingredients for garlic spread together.
Grease a baking pan or loaf tin with olive oil. I used my glass Pyrex loaf pan.
Preheat the oven to 350F.

The dough will be doubled the size. Knock down the air and roll the dough into 1/2 inch thick.
Apply the garlic spread and roll the dough.
Makes 6 small rolls.
Place the rolls in greased pan.
Place it in preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes or til the top start browning.

Enjoy....

Dates Cake / how to make Easy Dates Cake

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Dates cake: An easy to make cake that taste delicious and with all the goodness of dates..who doesn't want that?  A very good after-school snack for kids too..My little one(she is only 2.5yr) is not a good fan of cakes otherwise it comes with a lot of cream. But she really dive into this dates cake..she loves it.

Dates Cakes

Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:50 min
yields:1 loaf
Recipe source: here

Ingredients needed:  

1.5 cup all purpose flour
6 tbsp butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dates,pitted
6-8 dates,pitted roughly chopped
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour and set aside.

Boil 1 cup dates with 1 cup water till the dates are soft and pulpy about 2 - 3 minutes. Blend into a smooth paste. Set aside to cool down completely.
Sieve or mix together the dry ingredients baking powder, baking soda and all purpose flour and set aside.
Beat together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat till creamy.
Add in the dates paste and mix well.
Fold in the dry mixture to the above dates batter gently by a spatula little by little.
Mix in the vanilla essence and the chopped dates.
Transfer this batter to the prepared cake pan.
Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for about 40 to 50 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Serve warm.

Notes:

This cake is slightly on a sweet side because of all that sweetness from dates.

Caramel Custard Pudding / Creme Caramel / Flan Recipe

Caramel Custard Pudding / Creme Caramel / Flan Recipe:Such a classic elegant looking dessert that tastes really great. The great thing about custard pudding recipe is that it only requires  basic ingredients like milk, egg, sugar and vanilla. A spoon full of egg custard pudding with the perfect caramel sauce is just divine.

Preparation Time:10 min
Cooking time:45 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients needed:

• Egg - 2
• Milk - 2 cup
• Powdered Sugar - 2 tbsp
• Sugar for caramelizing - 4 tbsp 
• Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Preparations:

For making caramel:

Add 4 tbsp of castor sugar or granulated sugar to a pan with 1 tbsp of water and heat on medium flame.
Do not stir with spoon just swirl the pan if needed.
Once the mixture turns golden brown immediately spread it on the mold or ramekin evenly and let it cool down.

For making custard:

Beat Egg, powdered sugar, and vanilla essence together until egg is fluffy and sugar dissolves completely.
Heat milk and add it to the egg mixture while whisking continuously so that the custard will not curdled.
Also make sure that milk is not too hot otherwise the egg mixture will be scrambled.
Strain the mixture so that the pudding will get a smooth texture.
Pour this custard on to the prepared molds.
Prepare a waterbath by pouring watering to a large tray and placing the molds to this tray.
Bake it in the pre-heated oven with temperature 375F for 30-40 minutes .
Allow it to cool down completely and refrigerate for hours before demolding.

Before demolding 

At the time of serving caramel custard pudding run a knife around the pudding to loosen and place a plate over it and turn upside down.

Notes:

• While making caramel always increase or reduce heat as required to make sure not burned the caramel. If you burned the caramel then the whole pudding will taste bitter.
• Check the cook of the pudding while baking by inserting a knife or toothpick to it and came out clean.
• Refrigerate the pudding for a few hours or overnight before demolding.

Banana Nuts Bread / How to make Banana Bread - Easy Banana Nuts Bread Recipe

Banana Nuts Bread:If you have any leftover overripe bananas,do not throw it away. you can make very delicious banana bread. This is a very easy recipe that calls for only basic ingredients. Easy to make and very tasty bread, which can be used as a breakfast or tea time snack.

Preparation Time:5 min
Baking time:60 min
Recipe Source:Joy Of Baking

Ingredients needed:  
All-purpose flour - 1 3/4 cups

Granulated white sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Eggs, large, lightly beaten - 2
Unsalted butter, melted and cooled - 1/2 cup
Ripe large bananas, mashed well - 3
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Walnuts or any nuts of your choice, toasted and coarsely chopped - 3/4 cup

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour and set aside.
Place the nuts on a baking sheet and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Or you can also dry roast nuts in the stove top. But it needs continuous stirring. Let it cool and then chop coarsely.
Sieve or mix together the dry ingredients -  flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nuts. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
With a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients just until combined and the batter is thick and chunky. Do not over mix the batter.
Bake this in a preheated oven for about 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let it cool down before removing from the pan.

Makes 1 - 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf.

Baked Vegetable Cutlet / Vegetable Cutlet in oven without oil - How to make vegetable cutlet or vegetable patties

Vegetable cutlets: Cutlets are all time favorites of everyone, also a kid favorite snack. Whether they are vegetarian or non-veg, cutlets are a good evening snack or appetizer course.

Preparation Time:20 min
Cooking time:25 min
Yields:20

Ingredients needed:  

• Potato - 2 medium sized
• Mixed Vegetables(Carrots,peas,cauliflower,cabage etc) - 1 cup
• Onion, finely chopped - 1/2 cup
• Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp or to taste
• Garam masala - 1 Tbsp
• Curry leaves. finely chopped - 2 tbsp (Optipnal)
• Oil - For sauteing
• Salt - To taste

For Breading:

• Egg, Beaten
• Breadcrumbs - As needed
• Oil - For drizzling on top

Preparation:
Pressure cook vegetables for 3-4 whistle and drain the water completely.
Mash the vegetables with a potato masher and set aside.
Preheat the oven at 350 F.
Prepare a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Cook the potatoes, drain and pat dry it to avoid any water. Peel and mash the potatoes and set aside.

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and add curry leaves.
After few seconds add onion and fry till translucent.
Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes.
Add the dry masala powders, turmeric, red chilli, garam masala,salt and cook for few minutes till raw smell goes.
Add the mashed veggies and salt to it and mix well.
Allow it to cool down.
Then add the mashed potato to it and mix well without large lumps.
Make balls out of the mixture and make it to your desired shape.
Dip each cutlet in the egg and coat it with breadcrumbs.
Arrange them in a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Drizzle drops of oil on top of each cutlet.
Bake it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes.
Then turn over the cutlets, again drizzles drops of oil on top of each cutlet and bake again for another 10 minutes or til well done.

Serve hot with ketchup...

Notes:If you want to keep it as complete vegetarian, instead of egg, you can also use all purpose flour paste(flour mixed in water) or corn starch for coating.
Drizzling oil before baking prevents drying of the crusts.
You can use any veggies of your choice, but make sure there is no water in the mixture you made. Otherwise the cutlets will break while cooking.
Instead of baking, you can also shallow fry cutlets in the stove top.

Besan Cookies / Besan Nankhatai

Besan Cookies/Besan Nankhatai : After started baking, I'm always searching for easy bake recipes and recipes without all purpose flour. Here is a nankhatai/besan cookies recipe without all purpose flour. Freshly baked cookie with Indian flavor is just heaven.

Baking time:20 min
Yields: 20

Ingredients needed: 
Gram Flour / Besan  - 1 cup
Granulated Sugar - ½ cup
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Butter - 1/4 cup
Baking Powder  - ½ tsp
Cardamom - 2
Pistachio nuts(Optional), thinly sliced - 5
Salt - A pinch


Procedure:
Powder the sugar with cardamom and keep it aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare a baking sheet by lining parchment paper.
Mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside.
In a wide bowl, add butter, ghee and powdered sugar. Cream them with a whisk till it becomes soft and fluffy.
Then add the dry flour mixture and knead them into a soft and pliable dough. Instead of ghee, you can also use butter. But the aroma of ghee in the cookie goes very well with the cardamom flavor.
Divide the dough into gooseberry size balls. Press them between your palm. So they become slightly flatten. Arrange them on the prepared baking tray.
Now place few pieces of pistachio nuts at the center of the cookies.
Bake them at 350F for 15-18 mins or till they turns into brown.
Take it out from the oven and allow it to completely cool down on a wire rack.

Notes:

You can save this in air-tight container for upto 2 weeks.
The baking time varies from oven to oven.
 Instead of ghee, you can also use butter. But the aroma of ghee in the cookie goes very well with the cardamom flavor.

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Easy Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Cocoa Frosting / How to make easy Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting: Easiest chocolate cake recipe. Great taste and looks great.  Remember to serve this cake in room temperature.

Yields:12 servings
Recipe source: cacaoweb


Ingredients needed:  

For the cake:

All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cup
Unsweetened cocoa powder (dutched/dark)- 3 tbsps
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Sugar – 1 cup

Salt – 1 pinch
Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
Milk – 3/4 cup
Butter – 3/4 cup
Eggs – 2

For the frosting:

Powdered sugar – 2 cups
Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp
Butter,soften – 6 tbsp
Vanilla essence – 2 tsp

Preparation:

For the cake:

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
Grease a 9 inch cake tin.
Mix the dry ingredients,that is flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl.
Melt the butter at low heat and add to the dry ingredients. Also add milk and eggs.
Mix everything together until smooth, either by hand or by using an electric mixer at slow speed.

Add the vanilla essence and mix well.
Transfer to bake tin and bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 35 to 45 minutes.

Frosting:

Cream the softened butter with powdered sugar in a bowl. Add cocoa and vanilla  mix until smooth. Do not over-mix. If the mix feel too thick add few tablespoon milk and mix well.

Assembly:

Cover the cake with the frosting. You can also cut the cake into half and fill the frosting in the middle and cover with frosting.

Notes:
This cake must be served in room temperature. When it is cold I feel it is little dense.

Kerala Style Egg puffs - How to make Egg Puffs

Egg Puffs: My husband's all time favorite snack. Missed this kerala style puffs when relocated to U.S. But once I found out that puff pastry sheets are available frozen here, realized that how easy it was to make any sweet or savory  puffs. 

Preparation Time:10 min
Baking time:20 min
Yields:10

Ingredients needed:  

• Puff pastry sheets, square (Readymade) - 1 packet (Have 10 sheets)
• Hard boiled egg - 5nos
• Onion, sliced - 3 cups
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• garam masala - 1 tsp
• tomato ketch up - 3 tbsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Salt - To taste
• Egg white, beaten - for brushing ( Optional)

Preparation:

Thaw the pastry sheets as per the instructions in the packet.
Peel the hard boiled eggs and cut in half.
Preheat the oven to 400F.

How to make the filling:

Heat oil in a pan and add onion.
Saute til translucents and then add ginger garlic paste.
Saute til the raw smell gone.
Reduce the heat to low flame and the add turmeric, chilli, black pepper, garam masala powders.
Cook for a minute.
Add tomato ketchup ,mix well and switch off the stove.
You can also add egg and mix well with this filling or keep it separate as per your taste.

Egg Filling

How to assemble the egg puffs:

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Take each pastry square and roll a little using rolling pin.
Spoon the prepared filling to its center and place one half of the hard boiled egg on top of it.
Fold the opposite corners to the center and gently press with your finger to hold it tight.
Brush the top with egg wash.
Repeat the steps for every pastry squares.
Line the prepared puffs in baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Notes:

• Instead of egg wash you can also use milk for brushing.
• Use the amount of filling as per your taste.

Wheat Almond Cookies / Atta Badham Cookies - Eggless Cookies

Wheat flour almond cookies/Atta badam cookies - I got this recipe from another blog and decided to try it because of its simple ingredients. It has no maida, egg, baking powder or baking soda. Very easy to make and delicious. 

Preparation Time:5 min
Baking time:15 min
Yields:20 cookies

Ingredients needed:  

• Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
• Almonds, sliced - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 1/2 cup
• Milk - 2 tbsp or as needed to knead the dough

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients, wheat flour, almonds, sugar, salt and cardamom powder together and mix well.
Add the soften butter and make a soft dough by adding enough milk to it.
Line a cookie tray with parchment paper.
Make about 20 balls from the dough. Press each ball between your palm and arrange then in the prepared baking tray.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or til well done.

Allow it to completely cool down on a wire rack.

Notes:

• You can use store bought sliced almonds or whole almonds that crushed in a mixer.
• You can also replace almonds by cashew nuts or pistachios.

Marble cake - Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cake / Zebra Cake

Marble cake - a cute cake that makes both chocolates lovers and vanilla lovers happy. A beautiful cake made by only basic ingredients and easy recipe and amuse everyone by its look and taste.

Preparation Time:15 min
Baking time:50 min
Serves:6-8



Ingredients needed:



All purpose flour - 2 cup
Baking powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Egg - 4
Granulated Sugar - 1 cup
Vanilla essence - 2 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Oil - 1 cup
Cocoa powder - 3 Tbsp
All purpose flour and Cocoa powder mix - 1 Tbsp (For dusting the cake pan)
Butter - For greasing the pan




Preparation:



Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour and cocoa mix and set aside.
Sieve or mix together the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder and salt.
In a separate mixing bowl, beat together egg and sugar until creamy using a whisk or hand mixer.
Add vanilla essence to it and mix well.
Add milk and oil to it and mix well.
Gently fold in the flour mixture to it.
Then divide the batter to two equal parts.
To one part add in the cocoa powder and mix well.
Both chocolate and vanilla cake batter is ready.


Now to bring the marble effect to the cake, take the greased pan and pour couple of tbsp of vanilla cake batter. Then pour the chocolate batter and repeat the process for the whole batter.


Bake this in a preheated oven for about 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let it cool down before removing from the pan.



Notes:

• You can use 9 inch round cake pan to make this cake.
• I have used 2 pans , the loaf pan and 4 cup round pan. So it take only 40 minute to bake.

Shortbread cookies / Basic Shortbread Cookies Recipe / Easy Eggless Vanilla Cookies

The easiest type of cookies with only basic ingredients - Shortbread cookies. This is the type of cookie that I learned to bake first and it came out perfect at the first time itself.

Preparation Time:25 min
Cooking time:30 min
Yields:15-20 cookies

Ingredients needed:  

• All Purpose flour - 1 cup 
• Granulated Sugar - 1/4 cup
• Butter, soften - 1/2 cup (1 stick)
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
• Salt - a small pinch

Preparation:

1. In a bowl, mix all purpose flour and salt whisk it together. Or swift both together to mix well.
2. In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar well using a whisk or hand mixer.
3. Add Vanilla to it and mix well.
4. Gradually add flour and salt mixture and beat until blended.
5. Combine it to form a soft dough and wrap it in a cling wrap.
6. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour.
7. Roll dough into 1/2 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface or on a butter paper.
8. Cut it into your favorite shape using cookie cutters or roll small balls and press with your hands.
9. Then refrigerate the cookies for 10 minutes while preheating the oven.
10. Preheat the oven at 325F.
11. Line the refrigerated cookies on a cookie tray lined with parchment paper. Bake it in the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes or until firm in the centre and just changing color at the edges.
12. Let it cool dowm completely on a wire rack.

Notes:

• Shortbread cookies will look soft right after baking, and will be crisp after cooling down.

Apple pie with Home made crust / Double crust Apple pie

Preparation Time:30 min
Cooking time:1 hour
Serves:6-8

Ingredients needed:

For the crust:

• All purpose flour - 2 and half cup
• Cold Butter - 2 sticks or 1 cup
• Sugar - 1tbsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Ice water as needed

For the filling:

• Apple - 5 to 6 
• Sugar - 3 tbsp or as per your taste
• Cinnamon powder or nutmeg powder - to taste

Preparation:

1. You can make the dough in two ways: By hand or Using a food processor.
• Hand made dough:
• In a bowl combine flour, sugar, salt and mix well.
• Add cold butter cut in to pieces into it.
• Crush or squash  butter pieces along with some flour using only your fingertips.
• Repeat the process until all the butter pieces are crushed and the whole mixture resembles breadcrumb.
• Then add cold water only required to clump the dough together.
• Make it a smooth ball. Do not over work on the dough.
• Food processor:
• If you are using a food processor the whole process will be a lot easier.
• Add flour ,sugar , salt in a food processor and pulse to combile it together.
• Add cold butter to it and pulse until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Sprinkle just enough water to clump the dough together.
• Make it a smooth ball with your hand. Do not overwork on tne dough.
2. Divide the dough into two halves(2/3 for the base and 1/3 for the top) ,cover with a cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.
3. Filling:
• Peel the apple and cut it into small cubes or thin wedges.
• Discard the seeds.
• Add sugar and cinnamon powder, mix well.
• Keep it aside.
4. Take the 2/3 half dough from the refrigerator.
5. Dust hand and working surface with little flour.
6. Roll the dough into a 12 inch circle using a rolling pin. If any crack is form around the edges, set it with your hand.
7. Grease a 9 inch pie plate and grease it with little butter.
8. Carefully roll the circled dough into this pie plate.
9. Preheat the oven into 375F.
10. Place the base of the pie in the centre rack of the oven and bake for 10 minutes. 
11. Meanwhile take the other half of the dough from the refrigerator and roll into 9 inch circle using rolling pin.
12. Take the half baked base from the oven and fill it with apple filling.
13. Roll the 9inch circle over it and seal the sides with a fork.
14. Using a knife make small slits on top.
15. Place it again in the oven bake it for 40-50 minutes or until top turns golden brown and juices bubbling from the filling.
16. Delicious apple pie is ready. Serve Apple pie with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream.

• Notes:
• While mixing the dough if the butter started to melt place the mixture in refrigerator for few minutes and star over.
• If you overwork the dough it will become chewy instead of flaky and crisp.
• This is the basic pie dough recepe and you can use this for any kind of pie.
• This recipe is for making making 1 double crusted pie.
• You can add a little lemon juice to the apple filling to avoid discoloration.
• The reason for baking the base before filling the apple mixture is to avoid sogginess of the base.

Vanilla Sponge Cake

Preparation Time:15 min
Cooking time:35 min

Ingredients needed:

• All Purpose Flour - 1 and 1/2 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• salt - a pinch
• Butter -1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Eggs - 2
• Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
• Milk - 1 cup

Method:

1. Mix the dry ingredients(flour,baking powder and salt) and set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar together in a separate bowl using a hand mixer or whisk.
3. Add eggs to it and mix well.
4. Now add vanilla extract  and milk and mix well.
5. Now gradually add the flour to it and mix well.
6. Our cake batter is ready.
7. Take a baking tray and grease the tray with butter and dust with flour.
8. Pour the prepared batter to the greased tray .
9. Place it in the preheated oven at 375F
10. Bake it for 35 minutes or until top turns golden brown.

Notes:

• U can sieve together the dry ingredients to give a better mix.
• I used only a whisk , u can also use a hand mixer to make the job better.
• Add eggs 1 at a time.
• Greasing the baking tray is important to unmold the cake.
• Unmold and cut the cake only after it cool down.