Blueberry Crisp

We wanted to spend Friday evening at home with some comfort food, a good movie 'A perfect equation for relaxed time'.

So I prepared blueberry crunch(got a excellent news from my friend so a reason to celebrate) a perfect dish to show your love towards your loved ones :)

Blueberry gives nice tangy,sweet taste and oats,flour mixture gives nice crunchy texture.

Here it is...

Ingredients-

• 3 cups blueberry (if you are using frozen berries thaw,wash and drain)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
• pinch of salt

For Toppings/Crust

• 1/3 cup +5 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup + 5 tablespoon old-fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoon blanched almonds or pecans
• 1/2 stick butter at room temperature
• Vanilla ice cream or any other flavor of your choice

Method-

1. Preheat oven to 375 F
2. Toss blueberries,cornstarch,sugar and pinch of salt in a bowl
3. Mix flour,oats,brown sugar,sugar,cinnamon powder and almonds.
4. Add butter and just mash it bit to small chunks and mix to make crumbly mixture.
5. Add berries mixture at bottom of baking dish and spread the oat-flour mixture evenly.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
7. Serve warm with ice cream.

Sugar Cookies for Halloween

BOO...

I remember the episode of Friends (the serial) when Monica was trying to bake cookies like the Phoebe's grandmother used to make;how she figured out the ingredients and prepare loads of batches. Ultimately she discovered that the recipe is ready-made available by a well known brand. But before that she says I won't be the mom who make delicious cookies.

Well I tried my hands on cookies for this halloween and it turned out great and well received.

My daughter can say my mom make some delicious cookies. As she went for trick-o-treating this year I wanted to make something special for her and her friends. I prepared sugar cookies from scratch and decorated with spooky, scary things associated with halloween.

You can prepare this for the coming holiday season and decorate them with holiday specific theme.

Happy Baking!!!

Ingredients-

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all purpose flour and more for dusting
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

For Decoration

• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-2 tablespoon water
• food colors of your choice

Method-

1. Combine sugar and shortening into a bowl and beat until well blended.
2. Then add eggs,extract,syrup into sugar-shortening mixture and beat until fluffy.
3. Mix flour,baking powder,baking soda into another bowl and gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Wrap the dough into plastic wrap and keep in fridge for 1 hour.(If you find dough is still very soft to roll then keep it in the fridge for another 1/2 to 1 hour)
5. Heat oven to 375 F
6. Take out small portion of dough from fridge and keep the rest as it is. Take a sheet of parchment paper and dust it lightly with flour and put the ball of dough and press slightly and cover with another sheet of parchment paper and roll to around 1/4 inch thick.
7. Take a cookie sheet and line with parchment paper and transfer the rolled cookies to the cookie sheet and place 2 inch apart.
8. Bake for 5-6 minutes or until golden brown color.
9. Cool the cookies in cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes and then transfer to cooling racks.

For decoration-

1. combine sugar,extract and gradually add water to form a thick paste and color it with you choice of colors.
2. Put the paste into zipper lock bag and cut the small hole into the bag and decorate.