COGNAC COOKIES RECIPE

Ingredients
100 ml Cognac
250 g Pecans (finely chopped).
100 g Sugar (white granulated)
175 g Chocolate Chips (semi-sweet)
400 g Vanilla Wafers (finely crushed)
60 ml Corn Syrup

How to make cognac cookies:

• Melt chocolate bits on heat.
• Crush vanilla wafers very fine.
• Chop pecans very fine.
• Combine all of them in the melted chocolate with sugar, corn syrup and cognac.
• Stir in pecans and wafer crumbs.
• Make the mixture as smooth as possible.
• Remove it from the heat.
• Shape it into 2 cm balls.
• Roll balls in extra granulated sugar.

COFFEE DROP COOKIES RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Shortening
1 Egg (beaten well)
2 cup Flour
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Cloves
3/4 cup Cold Coffee
1/2 cup Raisins (chopped)
1/2 cup Nuts (chopped)
1 tsp Vanilla

How to make coffee drop cookies:

• Mix shortening and sugar together to make cream type mixture.
• Combine egg.
• Mix well.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves together.
• Add alternately with coffee to make mixture wet.
• Combine raisins, nuts, and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Combine more flour if required to make a drop cookie dough.
• Drop them onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake them at 400 degrees F for about 10-15 minutes.

BLACK FOREST PIE RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 Pastry Shell (baked)
4 oz unsweetened Baking Chocolate
14 oz sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tsp Almond Extract
1 1/2 cup Whipping Cream (whipped)
21 oz can Cherry Pie Filling
Almonds (Toasted)

How to make black forest pie:

• Melt chocolate with sweetened condensed milk over low heat in pan.
• Remove from heat.
• Combine almond extract and stir well.
• Pour it into a bowl and let it cool completely.
• Beat it till it becomes smooth.
• Mix whipped cream.
• Place it into prepared pastry shell.
• Let it chill about 4 hours so that it is set.
• Serve it with the cherry pie filling.
• Garnish with toasted almonds.

Paaya Nahari Recipe

Ingredients:
8 nos. Trotters
2 nos. Onions
1 tblsp Coriander seeds
1 tblsp Jeera
4 nos. Brinjals
4 nos. Dagad phool
2 pieces Cinnamon
6 nos. Cloves
6 nos. Black pepper
4 nos. Cardamoms (green)
As per taste Salt

How to make paaya nahari:

• Clean and cut the paaya into three pieces.
• Tie the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaves, dagad phool, cinnamon, cloves, pepper and cardamoms in a small muslin cloth and secure the ends to form a small pouch.
• Add enough water to the paaya and place over heat.
• Add the chopped onions and the spice pouch along with salt as per taste.
• Cook the gravy on slow fire, preferably over charcoal for 4 to 5 hours.
• Remove the spice cloth and serve. Nahari is served in the morning.
• Narhari cooked overnight on a slow fire and served for breakfast is delicious.
• Serve hot with bread or rice.

BAKED BEEF RICE CASSEROLE RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lb Beef (ground)
2 tblsp Bacon Drippings
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Paprika
2 oz Olives (stuffed and sliced)
2 cup Tomato Juice
1 cup rice
1 small Onion (chopped)
1 1/2 cup Water (boiled)
1/2 cup Cheese (shredded)

How to make baked beef rice casserole:

• Fry onion, ground beef and rice in bacon drippings.
• Pour off drippings.
• Combine all remaining ingredients except cheese and mix them well.
• Locate them in a casserole.
• Cover it tight.
• Bake it at 300 degrees for about 1 hour.
• Uncover it.
• Drizzle it with cheese.
• Bake it for more 10 minutes so that cheese is melted.

RAJASTHANI BHINDI RECIPE

Ingredients:
1/2 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)
salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
250 gms ladyfingers (bhindi)
3 tsp bengal gram flour (besan)
1 tsp cumin powder
4 green chillies
1 tsp coriander powder
1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
1 tsp dry mango powder (amchur)
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp cumin seeds

How to make rajasthani bhindi :

• Wash and wipe the ladyfingers.
• Snip off the two ends and slit on one side.
• Mix everything bengal gram flour, 1 tsp fennel seeds and all other dry masalas except cumin and onion seeds.
• Mix in a tblsp of oil and salt and mix well.
• Stuff this masala into the ladyfingers.
• Heat up 3 tblsp of oil, mix in the remaining fennel seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies and onion seeds, fry for a minute.
• Mix in ladyfingers and stir fry for 5 minutes, cover and stir fry stirring till they are cooked.
• Uncover and stir fry till the ladyfingers are crisp.
• Serve hot.

APPLE RAISIN CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

3 cup Flour (no sifted)
2 cup Sugar
1 cup Mayonnaise
1/3 cup Milk
2 Egg
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp ground Cloves
3 cup Apples (chopped and peeled)
1 cup Raisins (seedless)
1/2 cup Walnuts (chopped coarsely)
2 cup sweetened whipped Cream with Cinnamon (for frosting and filling)

How to make apple raisin cake:

• Flour and grease 2 baking pans.
• Mix flour, sugar, mayonnaise, milk, eggs, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves with a mixer for about 2 minutes.
• Scrap bowl frequently.
• Combine in apples, raisins and walnuts.
• Stir well.
• Spoon batter into pans.
• Bake it at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Let it cool in pans for about 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Let cool completely.
• Frost and fill with the whipped cream.