Lemon Madeleines#BakingBloggers

Lemon Madeleine's are French teacakes, light & airy with delicious buttery lemon flavor and with crisp edges.

Ingredients
100 Grams Butter - melted
3 Eggs
100 Grams Caster Sugar
Zest & Juice of A Lemon
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
100 Grams All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Method

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
Beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Add the lemon zest, juice and the vanilla essence, mix well to combine. Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold the it with a spatula. Now add melted butter and fold it in till well combined.

Butter & flour madeleine molds. Pour the batter into the molds, filling them three-quarters of the way. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Bake the madeleine's for 5 minutes, then turn down the oven temperature to , 180°C and bake until golden brown and puffed in the center, about 10 minutes more.

My Notes:
Letting the batter rest in the refrigerator and then baking them at a high temperature will help the madeleine's rise. 

Labels : Cakes, Lemon, Baking Bloggers, French

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Baking Bloggers

Madeleines

• Acorn Madeleines with Cinnamon Sugar from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Chocolate & Orange Madeleines from Making Miracles
• Chocolate Madeleines from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Eggless Rose Madeleines from Magical Ingredients
• Green Chile Cornbread Madeleines from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Key Lime Madeleines from Palatable Pastime
• Lemon Madeleines from Sneha's Recipe
• Pistachio Madeleines from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Eggless Pineapple Cupcakes#BakingBloggers

These eggless pineapple cupcakes are so easy and quick to make, to satisfy your sweet cravings. I love to have cakes that are not frosted and these are just what you would want for tea.

Cup Measurement - 200 ML

Makes 6 Cupcakes
Ingredients
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
50 Grams Butter
½ Cup Yogurt - whisked
1 - 2 Tablespoons Pineapple Syrup or as required
1/2 Teaspoon Pineapple essence
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Caster Sugar
A Pinch of Salt
2 Rings Tinned Pineapple Slices - finely chopped

Method 

In a bowl, sieve together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.

In a bowl cream together butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add essence, yogurt and whisk together well. Then add the flour and whisk on low speed till incorporated. Fold in the chopped pineapple piece and add the pineapple syrup to make a ribbon consistency batter. Pour the batter into silicone moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 - 22 minutes or when a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from oven and place on counter and let it sit there for 10 minutes.

Now flip it onto a wire rack and allow it to cool completely. 

These eggless pineapple cupcakes are moist, buttery, and loaded with crushed pineapple. They are perfect for Hi Tea parties.

Labels: Cakes, Eggless, Vegetarian, Baking Bloggers, Hi Tea, Pineapple  

Baking Bloggers February 2021

Bite Size Baking

• Breakfast Toast Cups from Making Miracles
• Chocolate Bouchons from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Eggless Pineapple Cupcakes from Sneha's Recipe
• Hertzoggies (South African Jam and Coconut Tartlets) from Tara's Multicultural Table
• Honey-Kissed Savory Shortbread Crackers from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Muffin Pizzas from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Chicken Legs With Strawberry Balsamic Glaze & Spicy Potato Wedges#BakingBloggers

This is a platter that combines many elements which are dishes, are very simple easy to follow recipes. So here are dishes Chicken Legs With Strawberry Balsamic Glaze, Spicy Potato Wedges and Nepali Style Vegetable Pulao, which make a complete meal.

Chicken Legs With Strawberry Balsamic Glaze
Ingredients
3 Chicken Legs
½ Cup Strawberry Balsamic Sauce
1 Tablespoon Mustard Oil
For Marination
1 Tablespoon Homemade Pizza Seasoning
½ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper powder
¼ Teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes
1/3 Cup Yogurt - whisked
1 Tablespoon Mustard Oil 

Method

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade and coat the chicken pieces well. Allow to marinate in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 4-6 hours.

In a large frying pan, smear it with mustard oil. Place the chicken legs and sear on high flame for 2 minutes on each side or 

till the chicken legs get a browned on both sides. 

In a baking dish, add a tablespoon of mustard oil. Place the chicken thighs and smear strawberry balsamic sauce/glaze on top of the chicken legs, cover with a foil and bake at 200°C in a preheated oven for about 12 - 15 minutes. 

Then remove the foil and bake again for 6 minutes, after 3 minutes flip the sides of the chicken legs and it's done. 

Spicy Potato Wedges
Ingredients
3 Medium Potatoes - unpeeled, cut into wedges
1 Tablespoon Oil
1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder
½ Teaspoon White Pepper powder
½ Teaspoon Heaped Sea Salt or to taste
½ Teaspoon Amchur Powder 

Method

Wash and scrub the potatoes clean. Then cut them into wedges.
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and add the potato wedges. Boil for 5-6 minutes, then drain. Place the parboiled potatoes on a baking tray, drizzle with the oil, then toss to coat with all the spices ( I also added few parboiled broccoli florets).

Put the tray in the oven and roast at 200°C in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden and crisp.

This platter with Chicken Legs With Strawberry Balsamic Glaze, Spicy Potato Wedges and Nepali Style Vegetable Pulao, made a complete meal.. Enjoy!! 

Labels: Chicken, Baked, Strawberry, Balsamic Vinegar, Homemade Pizza Seasonings, Potato Wedges ,Baking Bloggers, Healthy, Main course, Complete Meal

Baking Bloggers January 2021

Using Jams & Preserves in Baking

• Culinary Adventures with Camilla is sharing Roasted Lamb with Bourbon-Plum Glaze
• Making Miracles is sharing Chicken Thighs in Raspberry Sauce
• Sid's Sea Palm Cooking is sharing Jelly Glazed Wings
• Cookaholic Wife is sharing Blackberry Crumble Bars
• Magical Ingredients is sharing Jam Pinwheel Cookies
• Karen's Kitchen Stories is sharing Shortbread Jam Cookies with a Streusel Topping
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice is sharing Orange Marmalade Cinnamon Streusel Muffins
• Palatable Pastime is sharing Jalapeno Lime Glazed Chicken
• Food Lust People Love is sharing Sticky Jammy Hot Wings
• Sneha's Recipe is sharing Chicken Legs With Strawberry Balsamic Glaze & Spicy Potato Wedges
• A Day in the Life on the Farm is sharing Pepper Jelly Glazed Chicken Breasts

Baked Veggie Bread Roses In Muffin Pan#BakingBloggers

This is a quick and easy appetizer. Have fresh bread slices at home and have guest or you feel like having something different then make these. You can make whatever filling you want with the veggies or meat in your refrigerator. No hard and fast rule about the filling.

Ingredients
9 Fresh Bread Slices
1 Small Onion - sliced
1 Cup Diced Coloured Bell Peppers/Capsicum
½  Cup Crumbled Cottage Cheese
1 Tablespoon Butter/Oil
Tomato Ketchup as required
Salt to taste
½ Teaspoon Black Pepper powder
Cheese as required for topping
Butter for greasing the muffin pan
Method
For the Filling

In a pan heat oil, add the onion and sauté till they are just translucent, add the coloured peppers and sauté for a minutes, add salt and black pepper powder to taste, add the cottage cheese and mix well. Switch off the flame, let this cool.

For the Bread Roses

Take a bread slice and lightly first roll it with rolling pin. 

Cut it on the four edges leaving space for the filling

Place the filling

Start to bring one side of the bread rolling it like a rose

:Likewise bring all the sides together to form a rose.

The rose is complete

Grease a muffin pan with butter well, place the bread roses. Now drop a teaspoon of ketchup and then top it with shredded cheese.  Likewise make the rest.

Bake in a preheated oven for 12 - 15 minutes at 180°C.

Enjoy!!

Labels : Appetizer, Eggless, Vegetarian , Coloured Belll Peppers, Cheese, Bread Slices ,Baked, Breakfast, Savory Snacks, Healthy, Baking Bloggers
Baking Blogger December 2020:

Baked Holiday Party Appetizers

• Baked Savory Crackers by Sid's Sea Palm Cooking
• Baked Veggie Bread Roses In Muffin Pan by Sneha's Recipe
• Crab Puffs by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• French Bread Cheese Puffs by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Merguez-Wrapped Duck Eggs by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Panela Tarts by Magical Ingredients
• Shrimp Scampi Flatbread Bites by Making Miracles
• Spicy Bacon-Wrapped Sweet Potato Kebabs by Palatable Pastime

Bagels#BakingBloggers

These homemade bagels are so easy to make and they are deliciously chewy, which require only a few basic. The only difference is that no oil or butter is added to knead the dough.
Sending it to our Baking Bloggers event for this month's event and the theme is" Yeast Breads"

Ingredients
160 Ml Lukewarm Water
1 Tablespoon Heaped Caster Sugar
8 Grams Fresh Yeast
250 Grams All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Sea Salt
For The Water Bath
1 Liter Water
2 Tablespoons Molasses Sugar/Un Refined Sugar
A Tablespoon of Soy Milk - for brushing

Method

Whisk the warm water, sugar and yeast together in the bowl, cover and allow to sit for 5 to minutes or till it's foamy.
In a food processor, add the flour and salt. Mix it on low speed for a minute. Add the water yeast mixture and run the food processor till it forms into a soft dough. Take this dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead it for another 4-5 minutes.
Place this dough in a greased a large bowl turning it to coat all sides in the oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, or a clean kitchen towel. 

Allow the dough to rise at room temperature until double in size.
Line a baking sheets with aluminum foil or silicone baking mat.
Shape the bagels

When the dough is double in size, punch it down. Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces. (I weighed each ball was 70 grams one was 72 grams).

Roll each ball into a oval disc.

Roll it on one side

The other side

Pinch the edges properly
                             

Shape into a small long rope

Flatten one edge of the rope

Roll the rope into a circle and place the end into the flattened side and pinch the edges well.

Place each bagel on to cut parchment paper squares. 

Cover the shaped bagels with kitchen towel and rest for a 15 - 20 minutes till they rise, as you prepare the water bath.
Preheat oven to 200°C.
For the Water Bath
Fill a large, wide pot/pan with a liter of water. Add in the molasses sugar. Bring water to a simmer, then reduce heat to low. 

Drop bagels in, 2 or 3 at a time, making sure they have enough room to float around. 

Peel off the parchment paper gently. Cook the bagel for 1 minute on each side. Remove with a slotted spoon and place them on clean towel. 

When drained of all moisture then place them in the prepared tray.
Using a pastry brush, brush with soy milk on top and around the sides of each bagel. 

Bake for 20 - 22 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through.

Remove from the oven and allow bagels to cool on the baking sheets for 20 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

They are ready to Enjoy!!

Slice, toast, top, whatever you want! Cover leftover bagels tightly and store at room temperature for a few days or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Labels : Breads, Bagels, American, Yeasted, Baking Bloggers, Vegan, International Cuisine 

Baking Bloggers November 2020 - Yeast Breads

• Bagels from Sneha's Recipe
• Connie's Swedish Rye from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Crunchy Herbed Whole Wheat Breadsticks from Cook with Renu
• Crusty No-Knead Oatmeal Bread from Making Miracles
• Hearty Slow Fermented Rustic Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Hveteboller (Norwegian Cardamom Buns) from Tara's Multicultural Table
• Overnight Yeasted Cheese Scones from Food Lust People Love
• Pizza Focaccia from Palatable Pastime
• Sourdough Rolls from A Day in the Life on the Farm