Cinnamon Bun

These Cinnamon buns are a family favourite. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 

Ingredients
Bread Flour 390 gms (3 cups)

Instant yeast 1 pkt (7gms)
Sugar 50gms (1/4 cup)

Salt 1 tsp

Butter 57gms (1/4 cup)

Egg 1

Warm milk 3/4 cup

For the cinnamon layer

Butter 57gms (1/4 cup)

Brown Sugar 55gms (1/4 cup)

Cinnamon 1 tbsp

Method

1. Add flour, yeast, salt and sugar to a bowl and mix well. 

2. Add the wet ingredients - soft butter, warm milk and egg.

3. Knead till it comes together. Then knead till is soft

4. Place in a buttered bowl and rest for 2-3 hours till it doubles

5. Roll it to a 10*15 inch rectangle, spread the butter on top. 

6. Mix cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle on top of butter. 

7. Roll from the shorter side to get a 10 inch log

8. Cut into 10 * 1 inch pieces. Lie it on a rectangular greased pan

9. Cover and let rise for another 30-45 min

10. Preheat oven to 170C and bake for 15-17 min or will it starts to brown. 

Vegan Starbucks Style Banana Bread

Ingredients 

Flour 2 cups (260 gms)
Sugar 1 cup (200 gms)
Baking Soda 1 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Banana Mashed 1 cup (about 2-3 bananas)
Pecans (or use Walnuts as in Starbucks) 3/4 cup divided
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp
Oil 1/2 cup

Method of Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 175 C (350F). Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin (9*5*3 inches). Dust with FLour

2. Add all the ingredients to a mixer and beat well.

3. Pour into the pan.

4. Now the baking time is a little tricky. It depends on your banana, flour, oven etc. I have seen recipes saying from 45 min to 70 min. Mine baked for about 65 min. So please check occasionally and figure out what works best for you. 

Chocolate Chip Blondies

A super easy to make Blondie recipe. You wonder what a blondie is? Well its kind of similar to Brownie, but blonde :-). It is made without the cocoa powder. The dough has a very cookie like texture. And the finished bake is crumbly on the top and edges, and soft in the middle with an overload of chocolate chips. I had this recipe written down in my book for a while and have made it many times. Wonder what the source was. It was definitely from a TV show.

Creamy Roasted Root Vegetable Soup - Vegan, Gluten Free

Blogging seems to have come to a stand still for me. I keep trying to revive it and try and post a few recipes. But somehow life comes in the way. Last week or so, I have been experimenting with a lot of new things and I feel some of it needs to go in my blog.. I am not sure if I have any more followers. But I have decided to post a few recipes atleast so I can go back and reference them later!

It's march and there are parts of the world where people are already talking about summer and recipes to beat the heat. Here in England, we were almost ready to welcome spring. We even had a couple of glorious days where jackets were not necessary. My spring allergies are coming back. And then out  of the blue, another snow storm came along. And for a cold cozy day, there is always soup and bread in our kitchen.

I have made many variations of this soup before. But what I liked the best about this is the oven roasted vegetables. The boys agreed it just took the soup to a new level

Coconut Cardamom Chocolate Cookie

To me, winter is a time to bake. You know, like mad. Friday nights as I mentioned before are soup and bread in the winter. Its so dark and gloomy outside. A bit of baking is all I need to cheer me up. I have been away for so long, it feels like I don't belong here. Am sure once I connect with fellow bloggers and friends like old days, I will feel at home.