Tutti-Frutti Bites

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These little bites are perfect with a cup of tea, on-the-go and  for the kid’s parties….

Ingredients:

1 cup All purpose flour

100 gm butter

3 tbsp castor sugar

3 tbsp tutti frutti

1 tsp cold milk

1/4 tsp salt

Toothpicks (optional)

Method:

• Sieve the flour and salt together. Rub butter into the flour with fingertips till a crumbly mixture. Now add sugar and tutti-frutti and mix again.
• Add little milk at a time and make cookie dough.
• Shape dough onto a rectangular block. Now cut small cubes of equal size.
• Insert toothpick in each cube and keep in fridge for 10 min.
• Bake into a preheated oven at 170 deg. for 12-15 min.
• Cool and serve. 

Oats and Chocolate Trifle Pudding Jars

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Yummy fancy mini pudding jars filled with healthy Oats, Chocolate cake and crunchy Oreo ….

Ingredients:

Chocolate cake crumbs

Oreo cookies crushed

Chocolate vermicelli (optional)

For Oats Pudding:

1/3 cup oats

200 ml milk

1 ½ tsp corn flour

½ tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tbsp sugar or to taste

A pinch yellow color (optional)

Method:

• Mix all ingredients for oats pudding in a pan.
• Cook on medium heat while stirring continuously.
• Cook for 3-5 min till get desired consistency. Leave aside to cool.
• To layer pudding: evenly spread cake crumbs at bottom, add oat pudding and top with crush Oreo mixture. Repeat the layers and garnish with vermicelli or Oreo slice.

Red Velvet Creamy Pops

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This Valentine's day surprise your loved ones with these cookie pops filled with cream cheese frosting….

Ingredients:

120 gm all purpose flour

2 tbsp cocoa powder

50 gm castor sugar or powdered sugar

60 gm butter

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp milk

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Few drops red color (adjust according to the color brand, I used Wilton color)

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

2.5 oz. cream cheese

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

3/4 cup icing sugar + extra for sprinkling

Lollipop sticks

Method: 

• Shift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together and keep aside.
• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy mixture.
• Add vanilla essence and beat again. Add all the dry ingredients.
• Mix color and milk together and add to the flour mixture. Combine all the ingredients gently to form a dough.
• Preheat oven to 180 deg C.
• Roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thickness and cut into heart shape with cookie cutter.
• Place cookies on baking sheet and bake for about 7-8 min or till done.
• Cookies should be soft at this stage, not crisp. Cool them completely.
• Using an electric mixer beat the cream cheese and vanilla together.
• Slowly add the powdered sugar until smooth and thick.
• Turn bottom of the cookies over and spoon a little frosting in centre.
• Press a lollipop stick into the frosting, and then gently press another cookie on top.
• Keep cookies aside to dry a bit to hold sticks and while serving sprinkle some icing sugar.

Valentine Cake

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Happy Valentine’s Day