Chocolate chip cookies are a staple in America and represent half of the cookies baked in each year. They sure are a delight for young and old alike with their soft cores, crispy edges and rich chocolate taste. The Holiday week last month gave me opportunity to do some baking experiments. I had a packet of Ener-G egg replacer that needed to be used and among many others I tried these Chocolate Chip Cookies. These are kiddo’s favorite cookie and as far as I know this is the only cookie he likes (What does a mom know, anyway). He was…
Eggless Vanilla Cupcakes
Wishing you all Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ya’ll. Hope you are having a fabulous and fun filled long weekend with your friends and loved ones. Here in the United States, the phrase “Happy Holidays” is often used as a generic collective greeting for all of the winter holidays which includes Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. December is an exciting month of the year. Even though the days are shorter and colder than usual, the spirit of the holidays, the festivities that comes along with it lingers on; it is hard to ignore the excitement going around. The…
Lemon Cookies
Winter/snow is in full swing in most part of the United States, but here in Texas we have been blessed with an unusually spring like weather and have been enjoying every moment of it. Let us see, how long it lasts though! Anyway, I had tasted some lime cookies at a get together and had fallen in love with the taste. Cookies that had an equal balance of sweet and tanginess with melt in the mouth texture; reminded me so much of our very own Nankathai (Butter cookies) with lemony flavor. I wanted to re-create it and searched on the…