Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
2/3 cup Sugar
1 cup softened Butter
2 tsp Vanilla Essence
1 tsp grated Lemon Peel
1 Egg Yolk
2 1/4 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)
1 1/2 cup grounded Hazelnuts
1/2 cup Jam

Method:
Preheat the oven at 325 degrees.
In a bowl mix sugar and butter.
Beat the mixture till soft and fluffy.
Add vanilla essence, lemon peel and egg yolk.
Mix well.
Add the flour and the hazelnuts.
Make a soft dough.
Make 1 1/4 size balls out of the dough.
Take a ungreased cookies sheet and place the balls on it 2 inches apart.
Press the cookies in the center with the thumb.
Bake the cookiesat 325 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown around edges.
Let them cool.
When completely cool fill the cavity of each cookie with ½ teaspoon jam.

Ingredients:
150 gms Margarine/ Butter
100 gms Icing sugar
1 Egg
225 gms Plain flour
25 gms Cocoa
100 gms Cooking chocolate

Method:
Soften the butter or margarine in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar, lightly beaten egg and salt.
Sift in flour and cocoa and mix together to make a stiff dough. leave for 30 minutes.
Roll out pieces of dough to the shape of pretzels.
Place on a lightly greased tray and bake for 15-18 minutes in a moderate oven.
Melt cooking chocolate with water over a low heat.
Drop each pretzel into the hot chocolate and quickly remove. dry each pretzel on greaseproof paper.

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Sugar
1 small sized Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup chopped and roasted Walnuts

Method:
Mix the flour, baking soda and salt evenly in a bowl.
With the mixer running, beat butter, sugar and brown sugar together until creamy.
Add the egg and vanilla essence.
Now add flour.
When flour is fully blended mix the chips and walnuts.
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees.
On a tray place a large ungreased cookie sheet.
Now drop a spoonful of the batter on the sheet 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10 -1 2 minutes.