Scottish Shortbread Biscuits

Originating from Scotland, and popular all across Britain (and now all over the world), shortbread is traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour. It really is that simple! But modern-day shortbread use more than 3 ingredients sometimes; rice flour or wheat flour is added often to bring new textures, cornstarch…

Almond Nankhatai (Spiced Indian Shortbread)

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY…. This blog post is dedicated to the woman I love and honour most in my life, my mom! “What is a mother?” the little girl asked…”A mother is everything that God wanted to be, but could not. And because he could not be everywhere, he made mothers.” said her wiser older brother….

Lemon-Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

A friend once told me that she wonders how I’m unafraid of experimenting with baking…..Well, not really an experiment, but I like to plunge in unbridled. If I like a recipe, I really, REALLY need to try it out, and in my mind, I WANT it to be perfect. And if it’s less-than perfect, I…

Khara Biscuits

When I was but an ickle sapling….innocent, naive and full of angelic properties…I first learnt the taste of Bangalore’s bakery biscuits. Okay, so I may not have been angelic, or innocent 😉 and this was the time when Bangalore was still called Bangalore, Dad, on his frequent office tours to the city, brought back boxes…

Whole-wheat Butterscotch Cookies

I’d like to start by saying that the weather did NOT cooperate with me at all; it was a dull, cloudy sort of day, with minimal sunlight streaming in through my bedroom windows. And even that disappeared by 4 pm 😦 To pacify myself, I promised a fresh batch of cookies soon, and a photo…

Linzer Cookies

Baking is relatively new to me… I tend to let my instincts take over with cooking, but with baking, I try to stick to tried and tested recipes. But the thing is, every little thing makes a huge difference; baking is a science after all. Measurements matter, ingredients matter, even instruments, especially those. I live…