French Bread

Ingredients:
Active dry yeast- 1 pck
Lukewarm water - 2 cups
Salt - 1 tbsp
Flour- 6-8 cups
Cornmeal - for sprinkling
Preparation:
Add yeast to the water and keep aside for 15 minutes
Add salt and stir

Add flour, 1 cup at a time and mix with a spoon to make a smooth mixture
Transfer to floured surface

Knead until smooth and elastic













shape in a ball and place in greased surface
Cover with foil
leave too rise till it doubles (2- 4 hours)

Transfer to lightly floured board and make two long loaves
place in a baking tray and sprinkle cornmeal

Let it rise for 5 minutes
Make marks on top with knife
Brush with water and place in cold oven
place an oven safe bowl of boiling water in lower shelf
heat at 400F
Bake until crusty and golden

Lemon Mousse Cheese cake

Ingredients:
Cream cheese   - 16 Oz
Sugar - 3/4 cup + 1/4 cup
Flour- 1/4 cup
egg- 2
Lemon Juice and rinds(chopped) - 1 1/2 lemons
Graham crackers- 1/2 cup

Preparation:
Preheat oven at 325 F
Beat cream cheese until smooth

add 3/4 cup sugar and beat again
Beat until light

Beat in flour

Add egg yolks and lemon juice and rinds

Beat until smooth and blended

In another bowl, beat egg white and 1/4 cup sugar till stiff and glossy

Add egg whites to the cheese mixture and fold in
pour in prepared cake pan

Place pan in a larger pan and pour hot water in larger pan
bake until golden

let it cool in rack

cover and refrigerate for atleast 4 hours

unmould in a plate \smooth the top and press graham cracker

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French Bread rolls

Ingredients
Warm water- 1 1/2 cup
Yeast- 3 tsp
Sugar- 6 tsp
Oil- 6 tsp
All purpose flour- 4 cups + some for flouring the surface
Salt- 1 tsp
Preparation
In a bowl, stir together water , yeast and sugar and let it stand for 10 minutes till it becomes creamy

In a large mixing bowl, mix 2 cups flour oil and salt. Add yeast mixture to it. mix together. mix rest of flour, 1/2 cup at a time till it leaves the sides of the bowl

Transfer to lightly floured surface and knead till it is smooth

Grease a bowl and place dough over it. Grease dough from top

Cover with damp cloth and leave at warm place for 1 hour till it doubles

punch the dough and knead in ligtly floured surface

make balls and place in the baking dish. leave enough space between balls

cover with damp cloth and leave for about 2 hours till it doubles
preheat oven at 400 F
Place the baking dish in the preheated oven when its size is doubled.

Bake till the crust is hard

Nut Crescent

Ingredients
Cashew nut - 1 cup
Unsalted butter(at room temperature)- 1 cup(2 sticks)
Vanilla extract- 1/2 tsp
All purpose Flour - 2 cups
Salt- 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Preparation

Grind cashew nuts and transfer to a bowl

Add butter and mix
Add 3/4 cup of sugar and vanilla extract
Add flour and salt and make a dough

Refrigerate the mixture for 1/2 hr
Preheat oven at 350 F
give the shape of crescent to the mixture and dust sugar on it

bake until it is light brown

Whole wheat Bread

Ingredients:
whole wheat flour - 4 and 1/2 cup
Salt- 2 tsp
Dry yeast- 4tsp
Lukewarm water- 1 and 3/4 cup
Honey- 2 tbsp
Oil- 3 tbsp
Oatmeal- 1/2 cup
Preparation
Combine flour and salt and place in microwave for 5 minutes

Combine yeast with 3/4 cup of water and leave to dissolve for 15 minutes
Make a well in center of lour and add the yeast mixture and remaining water
Add honey oil and oatmeal
Mix with wooden spoon toll smooth
Transfer the dough to lightly floured surface
Knead to make the loaf shape

Grease a loaf pan and place the dough in the pan
Cover with foil

Leave it to rise overnight
Preheat oven at 400 F
Bake until top is brown and bottom sounds hollow when tapped .

Bread Sticks

Ingredients:

Warm water - 1+ 1/4 cup

Yeast - 1 packet

All purpose flour - 4 Cups
Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup
Oil- 1/3 cup
Curd- 1/3 cup
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp

Method

In a bowl, combine warm water and yeast.
Stir to dissolve.

Add 1 cup of the all-purpose flour, the whole wheat flour, oil, curd, sugar, chili powder, salt.
 Beat  for 10 minute.

Add  the remaining flour to make a soft dough that pulls away from sides of bowl

 Place dough in greased container. Spray/spread oil over the dough .Cover; refrigerate overnight.

 Next day, punch dough down.
Knead the dough again in a lightly flouired surface
Roll dough into a  rectangle.

Use oiled  knife to cut dough into strips,

  Cover and let rise about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Brush with oil chilli and garlic for flavor.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden.

Serve with soup or  olive oil

Dark Cocoa Cake

Ingredients

Sugar - 2 cups
All purpose flour - 1 + 3/4 cups
Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
Baking Soda - 2 tsp
Salt - 1tsp
Egg - 2
Milk - 1 cup
Oil- 1/2 Cup
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Boiling water - 1 cup

Preparation

Grease and flour the bread baking pan to bake .

Preheat oven at 350 deg

place pan inside to preheat

In a mixing Bowl, Mix sugar, salt , flour and baking powder .

Mix well

Add milk and mix together

Add egg and mix

Add vanilla extract and mix

Add oil and mix

transfer in a blender and blend for 2 minutes

Add water and mix well again

pour mixture in the baking dish leaving space for the cake to rise

Heat for 1 hour or till the cake is baked ( a needle pierced in the cake comed out clean)

Let the cake rest in rack till it cools

cut and serve

Can be removed from the pan and decorated with icing