These sweet empanadas or mini hand pies are filled with a pineapple jam and cream cheese filling. Use pre-made pie crust and cut out cute shapes to make this quick and fun dessert! Every summer, mom would make a batch of fresh pineapple jam. When I was small, instead of appreciating this fragrant homemade treat, I…
Mango Saffron Cardamom Jam
A delicious homemade mango jam delicately flavored with saffron and cardamom. Make a batch using juicy, ripe golden mangoes and savor them till the season is long past. Make this no pectin, no preservative, refrigerator jam recipe and follow my tips for perfect jam every time! Mangoes, mangoes, mangoes! I don’t know of any other…
Peach Vanilla Jam
There’s a reason peaches are synonymous with summer and the south. They need the bright, hot southern summer sun to ripen to perfection. And the ripe fruit itself resembles a golden orb, like the one in the sky. We have sort of made it an annual summer tradition to pick peaches at a local farm…
Mini Cheesecake Cupcakes {With Topping Ideas}
Who doesn’t love cheesecakes? Well, my son doesn’t. But that’s another story. His food habits deserve an entirely different category of posts. I shall digress no further. Let’s leave it at that. I am sure every pro, amateur or even a once-in-a-blue-moon baker-mom appreciates the magic that is a well-made cheesecake. Smooth, rich and dense….
How I Made *Dried Apricot Refrigerator Jam*
Growing up in humid South India, I have never come across fruits such as peaches, nectarines or apricots in my childhood. So imagine my surprise when I read that some sources believe that apricots were originally cultivated in India (the drier Northern part, of course). I love such historical tidbits of information. I don’t really know why! Like…
