Cashew Cherry Cookies#SundayFunday

These are mouth melting cookies. I made them for Christmas. They so easy and quick to make. Try them and I assure you that you can't stop eating at one.

Ingredients
50 Grams Butter
50 Grams Vegetable Shortening
100 Grams Powdered Sugar
150 Grams All Purpose flour
100 Grams Cashewnuts - finely chopped
A Few Chopped Cherries
1 Egg - yolk & white separated
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Method

Cream butter and sugar well till light and fluffy, add the egg yolk, essence and flour, form into soft dough. Cling warp and refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes. Then pinch small piece of the dough, roll them into balls.

Beat the egg white lightly dip the cookie balls in it and roll in chopped cashews. Pierce a chopped cherry in the center. Place them on a greased tray. 

Bake at 180°C for 12 - 15 minutes.
My Notes

If you do not want to use vegetable shortening then make them with all butter.
Labels: Cookies, Cashewnuts, Christmas, Baked, Sunday Funday, Cherry 

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. Our host for this week's event for the month of December 2021, is Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm and the theme is "Christmas Cookies Around The World".
Here are some of the Recipes made by us.

• Food Lust People Love shares Candy Cane Meringue Kisses 
• Sneha’s Recipe presents Cashew Cherry Cookies 
• Palatable Pastime serves up Chinese Almond Cookies 
• Culinary Adventures with Camilla gives us Hojarascas (Mexican Shortbread Cookies) 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni shares Karachi Biscuits 
• A Good Life plates Mexican Tea Cookies 
• A Day in the Life on the Farm discovers South African Double Crunchers 
• Amy’s Cooking Adventures has Stained Glass Ornament Cookies with Orange & Cinnamon 
• Making Miracles presents Swedish Snowball Cookies 
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories gives us Zimsterne - German Christmas Cookies

Lemon Cherry Muffin#Improv

I am getting addicted to making small servings, since this gives me a chance to try many different recipes and there are no leftovers.  This Lemon Cherry Muffin loaded with Homemade Maraschino Cherries and baked in ramekins topped with a sweet cherry syrup glaze. You will love this muffin. This batter is enough to hold 2 ramekins.
Cup Measurement - 200 Ml
Serves 2
Ingredients
½ Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking powder
A Pinch Salt
½ An Lightly Beaten Egg 
2 Tablespoons Butter - melted
¼ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
4 Tablespoons Milk
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
¼ Cup Homemade Maraschino Cherries - chopped
For The Glaze
1 Tablespoon Heaped Icing Sugar
1 Teaspoon Heaped Cherry Syrup

Method

Preheat oven to , 190°C. 

Grease two ramekins . Keep it aside.
In a small bowl, sieve together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a another bowl, with an hand whisk, mix together the melted butter and sugar. Add in the egg ( lightly whisk the egg and then add half of it), whisk until completely blended. Whisk in the vanilla, milk and lemon juice.
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and gently mix until combined.
Gently fold in the chopped cherries.

Pour batter into prepared ramekins. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until top is golden and center is completely cooked when a toothpick  inserted comes out clean.

Remove ramekin from the oven and place on a rack to cool.
Whisk together the icing sugar and cherry syrup. 

Drizzle over the  muffin, top it with a cherry.

Enjoy!!
Labels : Muffins, Cakes, Breakfast, Sweets & Desserts, Lemon, Lemon Glaze, Homemade, Cherry, Serves Two, Improv Cooking Challenge

Improv Cooking Challenge

August 2020 theme is Cherry and Lime

• Vodka Cherry Limeade by Making Miracles
• Filipino Crema de Fruta by Pandemonium Noshery
• Makrut Lime-Kissed Clafoutis/ by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Cherry Lime Bourbon Smash by Cookaholic Wife
• Cherry Lime Rickey by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Lemon Cherry Muffin By Sneha’s Recipe

Glazed Cherry Coconut Cake#BundtBakers

My husband Delhi office colleagues every Christmas ask him for a Christmas cake.  So this time when they had a meeting in Mumbai, my husband asked me to bake a cake for them to  share with his  Delhi office colleagues.  

Sending this Glazed Cherry Coconut Cake for this month bundt bakers event. I am host of this month event. 

Ingredients200 Grams Butter
200 Grams Caster Sugar
200 Grams All purpose Flour
4 Whole Eggs + 1 Yolk
A pinch of salt
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
50 Grams Desiccated Coconut
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
150 Grams Glazed Cherries - chopped
2 Tablespoons All Purpose flour -for the cherries
For the frosting1 Egg white
75 Grams Icing Sugar
50 Grams Flaked Coconut

Method  
Dredge the cherries in 2 tablespoons all purpose flour. Keep aside

Sieve the flour and baking powder.
Beat the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Then add the eggs incorporating one at a time then add the desiccated coconut and fold in the flour and cherries.  Lightly mix the batter well. 

Grease a bundt pan well and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.  When done immediately, add the topping then spread the topping evenly and again bake for 10 minutes till the top browns and a skewer comes out clean.
If the cake is browning too much on top tent it with aluminium foil.
For the frosting

Beat the egg white well then whisk the sieved icing sugar . When the cake is nearly done then spread on top then sprinkle flaked coconut and bake again for 10 more minutes till they brown on top.

Looks great... see the cheeries peeking out.

Slice and  ready to be dispatched ..

Hmm ..enjoy..

Labels : Bundt, Cherry, Bundt Bakers, Glazed Cherry Coconut Cake

Bundt Bakers Cherries Bundts #BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme or ingredient. Host: Sneha ; Host blog: Sneha's Recipe . You can see all our of lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about #BundtBakers, can be found on our home page. 

Don’t forget to take a peek at what other talented bakers have baked this month:

Glazed Cherry Coconut Cake Sneha's Recipe
Bundt cake chocolate and cherries Merce`s Cake

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake The Queen of Scones
Lemon Cherry Babka A Day in the Life on the
Mary Berry Cherry Cake Palatable Pastime
Cherry-Port Swirled Bundt Cake with Almond Streusel All That's Left Are The Crumbs l
Cherry Brownie Bundtlets Food Lust People Love
Shirley Temple Bundt Cake Cookaholic Wife
Banana Split Bundt Cake Patty's Cake
Cherries zebra bundt cake Paty Co.Candy bar

Lemon Maraschino Buttermilk Bundt Cake Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice ...

Chocolate Cherry Bundtlets Sweet Sensations
Apple, poppyseed and cherry bundt cake Katinspajz

White chocolate bundt cake with blcak cherry jam Ilovebundtscakes

Cherry Ricotta Muffins #BreadBakers

This post was just lying in drafts for more than a year,  had forgotten about it, till the theme was decided for this month's event.  These were made for one of my friend's son birthday party and all the guest loved these muffins.  They loved the cherry , it gives a unique taste to the  muffins. I made three batches of these muffins.

Sending these to Bread Bakers event- theme - stone fruit , Host blog: The Schizo Chef http://www.theschizochef.com/, thank you dear for hosting this event.

Recipe Source- Joy of Baking

Makes 12  muffins 

Ingredients
1 Cup Ricotta cheese
2  Eggs
1 Cup Buttermilk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence
1 Tablespoon Lemon juice
4 Tablespoons Butter -  melted and cooled
2 Cups All Purpose flour
3/4 Cup Sugar
1.1/2 Teaspoons Baking powder
1/8 Teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt - Since I used salted butter did  not add
1 Tablespoon Lemon zest
1.1/2 Cup Fresh Cherries -  pitted and sliced

Method

Melt the butter in a pan and keep aside to cool.
In a bowl, whisk the ricotta cheese and then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the buttermilk, vanilla essence, lemon juice and  melted butter, mixing well.  Keep aside.

In another bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon zest. Add the ricotta mixture to the flour. Mix it just until combined and then fold in the chopped cherries. Do not over mix this mixture or use the electric whisk,  else the muffins will be tough when baked.

Divide the batter in the muffin cups using  an ice cream scoop.

Place in the oven and bake in a preheat oven at 180 degrees for about 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

Labels : Cakes, Bread Bakers, Cherry, Ricotta

Let's take a look at the other baker's..

• Apricot and Cherry Focaccia by Herbivore Cucina
• Apricot & Pistachio Buns by Baking Sense
• Apricot & Stilton Soda Bread by Baking in Pyjamas
• Apricot Bread by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Apricot Cranberry Walnut Quick Bread by Spill the Spices
• Apricot Kolaches by Food Lust People Love
• Apricot Oat Casserole Bread with Sweet Vanilla Glaze by A Salad For All Seasons
• Big Batch Bran Muffins by What Smells So Good?
• Brown Sugar and Plum Pull-Apart Bread by The Wimpy Vegetarian
• Cherry Bread with Streusel Topping by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Cherry Ricotta Muffins by Sneha's Recipe
• Cinnamon Swirl Peach Bread by Kylee Cooks
• Dried Apricot Bread with Walnuts by The Bread She Bakes
• Eggless Mango Cardamom Walnut Quick Bread by Sizzling Tastebuds
• Eggless Mini Mango Bread by Sara's Tasty Buds
• Mango and Passionfruit Yeast Bread by Mayuri's Jikoni
• Mango Challah by Passion Kneaded
• Mango Jam Rolls with Cremé, Fresh Mangoes and Jam Filling by G'Gina's Kitchenette
• Mango Pull Apart Bread by Gayathri's Cook Spot
• Nectarine-Blueberry Muffins by A Baker's House
• Peach & Nutmeg Sweet Focaccia by The Schizo Chef
• Peach Yogurt Muffins by Magnolia Days
• Plum & Pecan Bread by I Camp in my Kitchen
• Scones with Apricot, Ginger and Brie by Palatable Pastime
• Semolina Bread with Apricots and Sage by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Spicy Peach Oatmeal Bread by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Whole Wheat Nectarine Bread by A Shaggy Dough Story
• Wholewheat Sweet Rolls with Mango Filling by Cook's Hideout

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Here’s the html for the wording: #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.