A loaf of freshly baked apple bread is the autumn/winter equivalent of banana bread. I have often talked about my love for banana bread and my habit of tweaking the recipe every time I bake one. Just around Thanksgiving, the stores are stocked with more apple varieties than one can imagine. Everyone has a favorite…
Eggless Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Something incredibly wonderful happens whenever I bake banana bread. Aside from the fact that it is so much more forgiving than a fancy cake and I get to use up those pesky overripe bananas, I love the way it makes me feel… it is indescribable. There is something so comforting and fulfilling about baking a…
Poha-Sabudana Kheer {Flattened Rice And Tapioca Pearl Pudding}
Indians around the world are sure to be in a festive holiday mood this week with all the Diwali preps and celebrations. As with any Indian festival, the most important thing is of course, the food, especially the sweet treats. We gorge on sweets redolent with milk, ghee and sugar and spend the coming weeks…
Upside-Down Apple And Cranberry Cake
I love the look of a perfect upside-down cake, but I was so apprehensive of trying it on my own. Pineapple upside-down cake must be the most common and most favorite one throughout the world, but I saw a recipe for a simple apple upside-down cake in, wait for it… one of Costco’s cookbooks! The…
Oat Flour Apple Muffins
There is this whole world of healthy and alternative food recipes out there which espouses the virtue of getting rid of processed food and food ingredients. There are any number of products to take their place – quinoa, chia seeds, flaxseed, acai berries and what not. I am always late hopping on to the bandwagon….
Skillet Apple Cake
I cannot believe I’ve never used my ‘oven-proof’ skillet in the oven. I always feared it would warp and contort beyond recognition. But my Dutch baby pancake proved that my fears were unfounded. There was a whole new world of skillet baking to be discovered. Most of the recipes I found called for a cast-iron…
Banana Bread With Buttermilk, Brown Sugar & Walnuts
Need I really say anything more to convince you? Good ol’ banana bread… that ingenious way to use up overripe bananas. How lovely art thou when baked with buttermilk, brown sugar and chopped walnuts?! I am waxing eloquent about this humble snack/dessert/breakfast bread, because it’s been a while since I baked banana bread. You see,…
Banana Carrot Cake With Streusel Topping & Powdered Sugar Glaze
One can never have enough recipes that help use up over-ripe bananas. Unless you are into eating over-ripe bananas (yuck for me). You could use it in an ice cream shake or milkshake or the ubiquitous banana bread. I have posted a lovely version that uses peanut butter. I am a safe baker. Which means…
Delicious Healthier Oatmeal Cookies
Christmas is just two months away. Hold on, I didn’t mean to alarm you…. yet! The stores here have been stocking Christmas stuff ever since the beginning of September. I actually did not intend this to be a Christmas post. I set about making a batch of (healthier) oatmeal cookies and ended up thinking of…
Easy Dessert – Apple Crumble With Pudding
I love apples. They are my favorite fruit hands down. I like them as a simple fruit snack or with a little pat of peanut butter (You’ve never tried it, you say? Well you should!). Sometimes I make a simple apple crumble (or crisp, as it is known in some places) which is usually a fall treat,…
Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Banana bread – that ingenious way to use up overly ripe bananas! How I love banana bread and banana coffee cakes! What about the peanut butter version? It has to be good! This recipe uses peanut butter (chunky or creamy) and brown sugar to create a decadent, moist version of the traditional banana bread. You…
