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Today I was privileged to be a guest in the annual Intercontinental Christmas bazaar held each year at the shopping arcade. Continue reading →
cookies
Cherry cookies and Eggplant Tajeen (منزلة باذنجان).
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December is a festive month,many people celebrating Christmas like to try new recipes for dinner or lunch or as Christmas treats or cookies. I’ll try to make something new each day this month to give you some ideas, food websites have thousands of recipes but not all are feasible or easy to make so I’ll be picky and try them before publishing don’t worry.
Today I tried these cute cherry cookies since my husband bought a big jar of preserved cherries, very easy and quick to do,you can even use any kind of preserved fruit you like but cherries have this beautiful red happy color that’ll look great on your table .
Lunch today was eggplant tajeen or a more precise description Arabic style Moussaka, it’s very similar but without white sauce , it contains baked or fried eggplants with cooked minced meat with onions ,with layers of green peppers and potatoes ( optional ) some people make it with only eggplants and meat . After layering them you add a pack of tomato paste with 2 cups of water then leave to cook in the oven or on very low heat ( I added a cube of chicken stock to enhance the flavor)
Ingredients and method of cookies ( makes 2 dozens)
* 1 cup butter.
* 1 cup sugar.
* 2 1/2 cups flour.
* 2 tablespoons milk.
* 1/2 cup crushed walnuts.
* 1 cup cherries.
* Beat butter and sugar very well till creamy then add salt and flour.
* add milk till you get a firm dough.
* roll dough to a long rectangle on wax paper.
* arrange cherries in a line in the middle then close dough on them.
* roll the cylinder formed over crushed walnuts then wrap all in the wax paper and refrigerate for 1 hour till firm.
* cut the log to 1 cm pieces and arrange in an oven pan and bake in a medium heated oven for 15-20 minutes.
* cool then store in a well closed jar.
* NOTE: these cookies can be done a week ahead and will stay fresh if stored well.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.
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Lovely sunny day,hope all weekend stays like this,started with a lovely breakfast outside in the sun, new olives are done they’re absolutely delicious.
I was invited to a gathering noon time and just before I left I decided to bake some cookies to take with me,after searching in my books for something quick I didn’t do before I found this super easy one, I used Quality Street chocolates, simply crushed a bunch in the food processor instead of normal chocolate chips,this box has been on the coffee table since Adha Eid so I’d better use it rather than eat it alone,don’t you all love these chocolates? never bored of them!
Ingredients and method:
* 1/2 cup butter ( reduce it a bit if using heavy chocolates)
* 1/2 cup peanut butter.
* 3/4 cup brown sugar.
* 1 egg.
* 2 tablespoons milk.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* 1/2 small spoon baking soda.
* 1/2 tsp baking powder.
* 1 3/4 cups flour.
* 3/4 cup chocolate chips or crushed ones of any kind.
* Mix butters and sugar well till creamy then add egg,vanilla,milk.
* add flour,baking soda and powder then last thing add the chocolates.
*Shape into balls then flatten them a bit,usually I use a coffee cup bottom.
* bake in a medium heated oven for 10-13 minutes or till bottoms are golden.
* cool then keep in cookie jar or tightly closed tin.
These will sure put a big smile on a child’s face specially with a hot chocolate in a cold day 🙂
don’t you just love these?
morning breakfast,yummy!
No Eggs,No Flour,No Milk Cookies.
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Gave my second cooking lesson today,really excellent one,we did carrot soup,lettuce mushroom salad,chicken rolls filled with broccoli and cheese then dessert was chocolate mousse.
Went back home with an intention to make these cookies,actually a member in banancooking group asked me if I have no flour,no eggs and no milk recipes cause recently she developed an allergy to all these ingredients, so after some research I found a couple of ones, did the cookies today and hopefully will try bread or loaf tomorrow.
Well cookies tasted really good and crunchy,ingredients are all healthy so everybody on diet can eat them without guilt even if not allergic.
Ingredients and method:
* 3 ripe bananas.
* 1 cup raisins ( I added some cranberries also)
* 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp baking powder.
* 1/2 cup crushed mixed nuts.
* 1/3 cup oil.
* 2 cups oatmeal.
*1/2 tsp cinnamon.
* pinch of salt.
* mash bananas then mix all ingredients together.
* use a small spoon and scoop from the batter into a baking tin,then bake for 10-13 minutes .
* leave to cool then store in a closed jar or box.
ingredients of cookies.
carrot soup.
mushroom soup.
chocolate mousse
cookies.
Ma3moul and Date Rolls Lesson ( حصه عمل مقروطه ومعمول)
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Today I was honored and privileged to share a lesson with my dear cousin in her training center ‘Ribbon Cake’ ,she gave her part in making ma3moul with its stuffing, dates,walnuts and pistachios plus making Sable cookies in various shapes.
My part was teaching how to make my specialty Date Rolls, I really enjoyed my time a lot,it’s the first time I do this, did it before but in my house and with family and friends, hope the ladies enjoyed the lesson as well.
As you all know Adha Eid is within 10 days and many housewives started preparing for it,this lesson today was a great help for sure, Adha Mubarak everybody <3
What a Weekend !!
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What a crazy busy full of events weekend, actually events started since Thursday where we had a Mansaf on the honor of our lovely cousin coming back home from Germany and on the occasion of my son’s 20’th birthday the next day, was followed by brownies and ice cream for dessert. Then dinner invitation at my auntie’s house .
Friday morning we all gathered for breakfast, usual Friday menu. Afternoon we went to Irbid for Caraway at my husband’s cousin to congratulate her for the new baby boy, then went to my cousin’s house for a big family gathering as a farewell for those leaving back after the vacation, we had Knafeh and a big cake on the occasions of both my dear twin cousin’s birthday and wife of one of them. It was a very nice party full of love <3
Today I helped my dear friend baking cookies for a party she’s holding,I made her chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies and cupcakes .
Lunch was my son’s favorite burgers with onions and mushrooms, above all this I made fig jam and as usual went grocery shopping !!
Am I right or not that this weekend was crazy??
you can feel the hot weather in this photo !
Day Off!
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Today I decided to take the day off,we had cheese sandwiches at noon and maybe we’ll have an early dinner somewhere out, I’m in no mood to cook at all,so excuse me for not posting a dish today. I know many of you have the same feeling every now and then:)
Nevertheless remember yesterday’s berries? I made the rest of them jam cause I washed them all so this morning they were not so fresh, same way I did the apricot jam but I sieved them when done to remove all seeds.
I also made miniature jam cookies,same dough as the ones I made in big tray but molded it in small cupcake papers,added jam and nuts and baked them for 15 minutes. Nice treat to my son’s friends when they gather at night .
Cardamom Cookies.
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I was invited to an event for Panasonic Beauty today followed by a delicious lunch. Plus I do have lots of food in the fridge so no cooking today.
Nevertheless,couldn’t leave blog empty, so cookies are the choice, nobody will complain to find them in the jar tomorrow morning.
Found this recipe in one of my cook books. Good one and easy plus I do have some fresh cardamom seeds, very aromatic and spicy, so thought to try these cookies.
Ingredients and method:
*2 cups flour.
* 4 teaspoons cardamom powder.
* 1/4 tsp salt.
* 1/2 cup grounded almonds.
* 1/2 cup sugar.
* 3/4 cup melted butter.
For the coating:
* 1 cup confectionary sugar (سكر ناعم ).
* 2 teaspoons powdered cardamom.
* almonds.
* mix flour, cardamom powder, sugar, grounded almonds and salt together. * add butter and mix with your hands till you have a frim dough. You can add a bit of cold water for easy handing.
* form dough into small balls.
* coat with powdered sugar-cardamom mixture. * press balls with a small cup to flatten a bit.
* decorate with almonds.
* bake in a medium heated oven for 10-13 minutes. Till bottom slightly golden then toast surface for 5 minutes.
* store in a well closed jar.
Perfect with black coffee, please try them, they’re really good ♡♥.
Dried Cranberries Raisin Cookies.
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Back to school and work, house always a mess after the weekend as usual, lots of cleaning and laundry 🙁
Cookie jar empty also, thought I’ll make a small batch, got some dried red cranberries yesterday, perfect with raisins, nuts and oat for a healthy cookie dough.
Ingredients and method:
* 1 egg.
* 1/2 cup brown or regular sugar.
* 1/2 cup red currents.
* 1/2 cup raisins.
* 1/2 cup crushed walnuts and almonds.
* 3/4 cup butter.
* 3/4 cup oatmeal.
* 3/4 cup flour.
* 1 tsp baking powder.
* 1 tsp vanilla.
* pinch of salt.
* cinnamon and ginger powder.
* beat butter with sugar till creamy then add egg and vanilla.
* mix all dry ingredients together.
* mix batter with dry ingredients to form a firm dough.
* scoop a small spoonful and line them on an oven tray .
* bake in a medium heated oven for 10-15 minutes.
When I was done Mom and niece came by and brought me some fresh strawberries and sweet Anoud wanted a milkshake. So good with the cookies.
Yummy yummy♡♥♡♥
No Bake Chocolate Cookies♡♥
Hello again.
My younger son Zaid wrote this recipe down from Fatafeat tv channel 3 or 4 weeks ago..and stuck it on the fridge for me to make as quick as possible of course. But I kept on delaying cause it’s so sweet and full of calories.
But today his friends Zaid, Omar and Abdullah are coming over to work on a project so I figured it’ll be a nice treat for them. Though I told him he must help me cause I had no time.
Ingredients:
* 2-3 cups of rice crispy.
* 1 small chocolate cake ready from store or homemade.
* 1 big spoon butter.
* 2 spoons honey.
* mix of assorted chocolates. .Kitkat,Mars, Snickers…etc.
* plain cooking chocolate.
* Crumble cake over rice crispies.
* melt butter with honey.
*cut chocolate to shunks.
* melt chocolate with some milk till creamy.
* add all over rice crispy and cake.Mix very well.
* with 2 spoons form small balls. Set on waxws paper and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Try not to feel guilty when you eat them:)))).
