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MIXED FRUITS PIE 🥧 A pie is a baked dish made of a sweet or savory filling encased in pastry dough casing . It is a delicious dessert which can be served as it is or with dollops of ice cream of your choice .      In a sweet 🥧 pie fruits like apples, plums, 🍑 peaches, berries etc are tossed with sugar and cinnamon in the filling . A savoury pie  🥧 on the other hand has fillings of veggies, meat  ,herbs and cheese.  Both the versions have their own charm .         Here I am presenting the sweet version MIXED FRUITS PIE 🥧 I have used  apples  , 🍐 pears and dates Here goes the easy short cut recipe . Though the crust is usually made of only refined Flour , I have used  both refined and whole wheat flour . INGREDIENTS FOR THE CRUST Refined flour.( Maida)           3/4 cup Whole wheat flour( atta).     3/4cup Baking powder.            ...

A warm crunchy APPLE  CRUMBLE with a hint of cinnamon and loads of ice cream is a delightful combination. Crumbled are made with stewed fruits like apples, pears , berries, peaches etc with a crumbly topping of flour,oats, sugar, nuts, butter etc . I have used  jaggery and honey to make my crumble with positive results Putting together a crumble is far more easier than making  cakes , cookies or pies as not much elaborate preparations or accurate measurements are needed.     Crumbles can be served as it is or with ice cream .           CRUMBLE / OATS APPLE CRUMBLE ( I have used jaggery also . That's why the colour of the crumble is brown ) CRUMBLE MIXTURE _ mix everything in a bowl and keep aside Atta / Maida 1 cup Oats 1cup ( If you wish to make apple crumble without the oats ,omit it . Replace 1 cup oats by one more cup atta / Maida . I have made this crumble quite a few times and Everytime it's been a thumbs up 👍😅. I hav...

APPLE HONEY  OATS CAKE An eggless cake made with whole wheat flour( atta) and loaded with the goodness of apples,honey and  oats, making  it a super healthy cake 😅 Malai too has anti ageing properties if taken in moderation INGREDIENTS Atta 3/4 cup Powdered oats 1/3 cup Baking powder 1tsp Baking soda 1/2 tsp  Apple 1 Honey 3/4 TBSP Milk cream ( malai) 2_3 TBSP Cinnamon powder Vanilla essence In a blender blend( WET INGREDIENTS)  Apple and honey (increase or decrease it  depending on sweetness of apple Add malai( thick cream on top of boiled n cooled milk ) and blend Add cinnamon powder and vanilla essence Sift -   (DRY INGREDIENTS) Atta powdered oats baking powder baking soda Mix wet & dry ingredients( If needed use milk / apple juice to form batter) Pour into greased and   lined cake dish Bake in preheated oven at 180deg cel for 35 _ 40 minutes or till done.  Used milk to make the batter 👆 Used...

 APPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE       (  Its eggless,  oil less and  butter less ) ' An apple a day keeps the doctor away' This is an old saying we have all grew up hearing . But I wonder if the doctor can keep away from the aroma of the freshly baked  apple and cinnamon cake 😜 .               The apple 🍎 and cinnamon combo by far is the best. Cinnamon gives a unique flavor to the apple cake .I had read that apple and banana puree act as egg replacers in making eggless cakes .By my experiments ,I have seen that  apple and also banana puree act not only as egg replacers but also as oil and butter replacers . Inspite of not having any oil , butter or cream  in my recipe, my cake turned out soft , spongy and delicious .             Now I avoid using fats to bake  to my level best . I have even used apple puree to make oil less and butter less pineapple cakes, pineapple...

 Made in air fryer  APPLE AND CINNAMON CAKE       (  Its eggless,  oil less and  butter less ) ' An apple a day keeps the doctor away' This is an old saying we have all grown up hearing . But I wonder if the doctor can keep away from the aroma of the freshly baked  apple and cinnamon cake 😜 .               The apple 🍎 and cinnamon combo by far is the best. Cinnamon gives a unique flavor to the apple cake .I had read that apple and banana puree act as egg replacers in making eggless cakes .By my experiments ,I have seen that  apple and also banana puree act not only as egg replacers but also as oil and butter replacers . Inspite of not having any oil , butter or cream  in my recipe, my cake turned out soft , spongy and delicious .             Now I avoid using fats to bake  to my level best . I have even used apple puree to make oil less and butter ...

Biscuit cake with chocolate fudge Biscuit cake :- Glucose biscuits 1pkt Eno_ 1pouch/ 1tsp ( blue plain) Sugar 2tbsp Vanilla essence Milk as needed to make batter Dry fruits 1) Powder the biscuits in mixi 2) Mix other ingredients except Eno 3) Make a batter 4) Add Eno fruit salt and mix lightly 3) pour into greased micro friendly cake dish & micro for 5 min or till done Cool the cake on wire  rack Fudge Icing :- Chocolate sauce Butter Cocoa powder Mix all these and cook till  slightly thick ( Can be made in the microwave also) Spread over cooled cake Decorate as you wish . I used gems           ORANGE BISCUIT CAKE I have used orange flavoured  biscuits and raisins . The procedure for baking the cake is the same as above .           I baked this cake as  I wanted to use up the raisins that were lying in the jar . 😜 NOTE_ you can use any biscuits of your choice to make these quick and delic...

WHOLE WHEAT JAGGERY CAKE Make batter of Atta - 1cup Suji- 1/2cup Baking powder_ 1/2tsp Baking soda -1/4tsp Gur( jaggery)   1 cup grated and  dissolved in water (sieve it to remove impurities). Oil_ 7 TBSp Vanilla essence Dry fruits - I used a handful of plumped up raisins Seive all atta with baking powder n soda Make a well in the centre Add Gur water gradually Mix lightly to form a batter Add in raisins n mix again Pour batter into greased cake dish Bake in preheated oven at  180deg Celsius  for 30-35 min or till done