Friday, 21 December 2012

Crown bread by shireen

                             Crown bread

Ingredients

Flour 1 pond

Butter melted 2 ounces

Egg 1

...Salt 1 tsp

Instant yeast 1 tbsp

Dry milk powder 2 tbsp heaped

Sugar 1 tsp

Luke warm water to knead the dough

Method

In a bowl, mix together 1 pond flour, 1 egg, 1 tbsp dry yeast, 2 ounces melted butter, 2 tbsp heaped milk powder, and 1 tsp sugar mix all well and knead into a soft dough with Luke warm water, leave to rise in a greased pan, covered for 1 hour, take the dough out, punch down, and make 7 balls of equal weight, grease round pan, and arrange 7 balls in it. In the base and one on top of the balls, apply little oil on it and leave it to rise again for 1 hour, brush with beaten egg, bake in hot oven, 200 degree C for 20 minutes, till light golden, remove cover immediately with damp napkin

Coconut macrons by shireen

                                 Coconut macrons

Ingredients

Desiccated coconut 2 cup

Egg whites 5

Sugar 1 ½ cup or 12 ounces

...Pink color few drops

Method

In a sauce pan mix together unbeaten 5 egg whites, 1 ½ cup or 12 ounce sugar and 2 cup coconut, cook on fire till it boils and becomes thick, remove add color, spread the cook mixture over wooden base and leave it till it cools, grease the baking tray and dust with flour, put 1 tbsp of batter each on tray and bake in pre heated oven on 150 degree C for 30 minutes.

Easy Pound Cake by shireen

                               Easy Pound Cake

Ingredients

Butter 8 ounces

Fine sugar 2 cups

Eggs 4

...Flour 3 cups

Baking powder 4 tsp

Milk 1 ½ cup

Icing sugar to dust

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method

Pre heat oven to 180 degree C beat 8 ounces butter and 2 cups sugar till fluffy add 1 tsp vanilla, sieve together 3 cups flour and 4 tsp baking powder in your beaten sugar and butter mixture, beat in eggs one at a time alternating with sieved mixture of flour and 1 ½ cup milk, beginning and ending with flour, pour mixture in a greased pan, bake for 45 minutes, cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto wire rack to cool completely, dust with icing sugar.

Orange Cake by shireen

                                               Orange Cake

            Ingredients

            Eggs 6

            Yogurt 1 cup

            Walnuts chopped 1 cup

            ...Butter 12 ounces

            Water ½ cup

            Sugar 2 ¼ cup

            Flour 3 ½ cups

            Salt 1 tsp

            Orange essence 1 tsp

            Baking soda ½ tsp heaped

            Orange powder 2 tbsp

            Ingredients for Topping

            Marmalade 4 tbsp heaped

            Orange juice 4 tbsp

            Method

            Sieve together 2 ¼ cup flour, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp baking soda. Keep aside. Grease and flour a 10 inches tube pan, beat 12 ounces butter, 2 ¼ cup sugar, 1 tsp essence and 2 tbsp orange flavor powder, mix with water on low speed till blended, increase speed and beat till light and fluffy, again lower speed and add 6 eggs one by one adding in ¼ cup sieved flour, at intervals, now add 1 cup yogurt, 1 cup walnuts and fold in the reaming flour, pour mixture in the tube pan, bake on 170 degree C for 1 hour, un mold after 5 minutes, pour topping.

            Method

            Cook together 4 tbsp marmalade and 4 tbsp orange juice in a pan for 5 minutes, pour on top of cake when unmolded.

Cornflakes Macaroons by shireen

                Cornflakes Macaroons

  Ingredients

            Egg whites 2

            Sugar 1 cup

            Desiccated coconut 1 cup heaped

            ...Corn flakes 1 cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Salt ½ tsp

            Method

            Pre heat oven to 180 degrees, beat 2 egg whites stiff, add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp coconut essence, gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, fold in 1 cup desiccated coconut and 1 cup corn flakes, drops from tea spoon onto a greased baking tray, bake for 20 minutes till golden and firm, remove with spatula.

in this we use  brown sugar.....if u want more sweetness then u can add 1tbsp caster sugar along wid brown sugar

Chocolate Chip Short Bread by shireen

                      Chocolate Chip Short Bread

            Ingredients

            Flour 1 cup

            Chocolate chips ½ cup

            Butter soft ½ cup

            ...Brown sugar ¼ cup

            Vanilla essence ½ tsp

            Method

            In a bowl, put together ½ cup butter, ¼ cup sugar, ½ tsp vanilla and 1 cup flour, mix slightly until it forms a ball, add ½ cup chocolate chips and roll into 1 inch balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet, press with fork, bake on 160 degree C or No: 3 for 15 minutes.

Orange oats crisp by shireen

                               Orange oats crisp


                        Ingredients

Oats 1 ½ cup

Flour 1 cup

Oil ½ cup

Egg 1

Granulated sugar ½ cup

Brown sugar ¼ cup

Baking powder ½ tsp

Baking soda ¼ tsp

Orange peel 1 tbsp

Orange juice 1 tbsp

Method

Beat 1 egg in a bowl until frothy, add in ½ cup granulated sugar and ¼ cup brown sugar, also add in ½ cup oil with 1 cup sieve flour, ½ tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp baking soda, mix in 1 tbsp orange peel, 1 tbsp orange juice and 1 ½ cup oats, drop by spoon full onto greased cookie sheet, bake for 15 minutes on 180 degree C.