Suddenly got the urge to bake something, but time was too short to arrange for a cake. Then saw this adorable image of walnut cookie in the facebook wall and immediately rushed to the kitchen. Loved the texture and the nuts.
The original recipe can be found here.
Ingredients
- All purpose flour - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1/4 cup Powdered
- Honey - 1/4 cup
- Olive Oil - 1/4 cup
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
- Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - a pinch
- Walnuts - 1/2 cup chopped
Preheat oven to 180 Degree C. Grease the baking tray and set aside.
Take flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Mix well.
Take oil, honey and vanilla in a bowl and mix well.
Pour this wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix well so it forms into a smooth dough.
Now add in chopped walnuts and mix well.
Form small balls from it and shape them into rounds. Press them slightly and arrange them on the baking tray.
Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 mins. Remove to a cooling rack and let them cool completely. It would be lightly chewy.
Serve with your morning cuppa.
I had a wonderful experience last weekend when we, the Kolkata Food Bloggers' have arranged for a first of it's kind Bake Sale event. There I met a bunch of talents and got the chance to taste their creations, and needless to say, they were super delicious. All the goodies are super soft, fresh from the oven and made with so much love that I am simply bowled out and started feeling guilty for not trying hard to improve upon my baking skill.
So here is the result of that guilt feeling, my first ever Apple Walnut Cake, and it was like Hoo Hoo.... Though I am not completely happy with the texture, ( it should be a bit less crumbly, a tiny little bit) but it tastes heavenly. Thank you my friends from Kolkata Food Blogger group to give me the courage and assurance that this can be recreated in my humble kitchen.
Ingredients
- Flour - 1 and 1/2 cup
- Eggs - 2
- Baking powder - 3/4 tsp
- Salt - a pinch
- Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp
- White Sugar - 1/2 Cup
- Brown Sugar - 1/4 Cup
- White Oil - 3/4 Cup
- Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
- Peeled and Chopped Apples - 2
- Toasted and Chopped Walnut - 1/2 Cup
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degree C. Prepare a loaf pan smearing oil and placing butter paper. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs and keep aside. Dry roast the walnuts and chop when cooled.
Combine the flour, nugmeg powder, two types of sugar, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.
Add oil, eggs and vanilla essence and stir gently until combined.
Fold in the apples and walnut.
Scrap the batter into the loaf pan and bake until a fork inserted at the centre comes out clean. I have done it for 50 minutes.
Serve warm with your cup of Tea or Coffee.
I have some serious weakness for good brownies and prefer it a bit gooey,, with occasional crunch of toasted walnuts and the subtle aroma of a coffee and when it is paired with a good cup of Espresso,,Ahhh... I just reach heaven !!
Ingredients
- Butter 100 gms + extra for greasing
- Chocolate - 1 cup, chopped
- Flour - 1 and 1/2 cup
- Instant Coffee Powder - 2 tbsp
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Walnut - 2/3 cup, chopped
- Eggs - 2
- Dark brown sugar - 3/4 cup
Put the butter and 1/3rd of the chopped chocolate into a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds until the butter and chocolate have just melted. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
Combine the flour, coffee powder, remaining chocolate and chopped walnuts in a large bowl.
Beat the eggs with the sugar in another bowl. Add the cooled chocolate butter mixture, then the flour mixture. If it is too dry add 1 or 2 tablespoon of milk. Beat until thoroughly combined.
Preheat the oven to 180 degree C. Line a square Cake pan with butter paper.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until set, crusted over and cracked a bit but still a little gooey in the centre.
Let cool in the pan. ( I could not wait to cool it completely though :-) ). Cut into square pieces and serve.
