Eggless Almond Biscottis

This month on Home Bakers Challenge the theme chosen by +Priya Suresh was Biscottis . I had already had posted the Savory version of biscottis .  When i was searching for more apple recipes after my apple picking , I came a cross this eggless version of biscottis which substitutes apple sauce for eggs. Isn't it cool . The taste was fabulous with crunchy almonds in every bite . 

Good thing about this recipe is Apple sauce gives you natural sweetness and you require to add less amount of sugar and the fat content is much lesser than usual, still you will not miss the goodness of biscottis .

                                          This recipe was adopted from here. 
INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose Flour - 3/4 Cup
Baking Powder - 1/4 TSP
Salt - 1/4 TSP
Sugar - 3 TBLS (Depending on the sweetness of apples)
Vegetable oil - 1 TBLS
Vanilla Extract -  1/2 TSP
Almonds - 1/3 Cup
Apple - 1/2  to make a puree about 1/4 Cup.  ( You might need more or lesser depending on forming the dough )

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Pre- heat the oven at 350F.
• Aline the baking tray with parchment paper .
• Combine all the dry ingredients together ,except sugar  .
• Combine Apple sauce , sugar , vanilla extract and oil . Mix till the sugar is dissolved.
• Now add the apple sauce mixture and almonds to the dry ingredients and combine all with hands.
• This will make a smooth dough .
• Shape the dough to the shape of a log , about 3 inches wide and 3/4 inches thickness.
• Transfer it to a baking tray .
• Bake it for 25 - 30 minutes till it is firm.
• Once it is done , take it off the oven and cool it for 15 minutes.
• Using a knife slice the biscottis cross wise and arrange the biscottis in the baking tray
• Now decrease the temperature to 300F and place the baking tray in the oven .
• Bake it for 10 minutes on each side. Once they are done place it on the wire rack and allow it to cool completely .

Note - I had used apple puree / Sauce made at home . You could use store bought apple sauce .
          Depending on the sweetness of the sauce adjust the sugar level for the biscottis .

Linking it to the event cooking with red @ MerryTummy

          bakefest

Apple Picking and Fresh Apple Crumble

What would you do if you were given a chance to pick your own apples ??? Pick as many as you can .. Am i right ?? Yeah i did the same thing last week. Fall is great for picking apples and it is the end of the apple season , so we decided to go for apple picking . We were all dressed up, packed our Breakfast , Wore the Jackets and shoes , headed to Blueridge ,North Georgia Mountains. We reached Mercier Orchards which is the number one apple orchard in North Georgia .

The orchard was really crowded . We bought our tickets and we were directed to go sit in a truck . Once the truck is full ,they take us to the Orchard . I really really enjoyed every minute in the orchard. What you can see is apple , apples and apples everywhere. So here are few pictures i captured .

These apples on the ground are not wasted and made into apple cidar

                                          

             See how much apples i picked . They all are fresh juicy and crunchy.

So now lets get to the Fresh Apple Crumble Recipe Below.

Apple crumble is really simple to make and it is ready within couple of minutes with no efforts .I prefer apple crumble for my Breakfast .It is full of Fresh Apples , Granola , Brown Sugar , Butter and Cinnamon.

                         

INGREDIENTS:

Apple - 1 Medium .
Granola - 1/ 4 Cup
Roasted Oats - 1/4 Cup
Corn Flakes - 2 TBLS
Cinnamon Powder - 1 TSP
Brown Sugar - 3 TBLS
Salt - Pinch
Butter - 2 TBLS

INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-heat the oven at 350F.
Wash  , peel and slice the apple.
On the Apple add Cinnamon Powder , Brown Sugar , Butter and salt .
Give it a quick mix . Put the mixture in a baking pan.
In another bowl , mix Granola , Roasted Oats and Cornflakes . ( I prefer to powder them )
Put the Granola Mixture on top of the Apple mixture .
Bake it in the Preheated oven for 20 Minutes

Linking it to Continental Recipes

Apple - Red Raddish Salad with Homemade Dressing.

Weekly Thrice i make it a point that i have some Fresh Salads on my Menu.  This week i had made Veg- Chicken Tikka along with Apple- Red radish Salad . The salad was soo nice , crunchy and refreshing . The ingredients i used were so simple too .. It was just apple and red radish . The dressing for it was also simple .. Lets see the ingredients .


Ingredients:

 Red Apples - Cut into Cubes
 Red Radish - Cut into Circles

Ingredients for Dressings:

Olive Oil
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
Freshly squeezed Lime Juice.
Salt
Black Pepper Corns
Cilantro

Instructions:

• Grind the pepper corns into powder .
• Mix all the ingredients except cilantro in the blender . Just check whether there is enough salt and pepper.
• Lastly pour the Dressing on Apple - Red Radish. Mix it with hand.

Note -

 If you do not like the taste of Radish , You can soak it in the dressing for half an hour and lastly add the apples on it .

Linking it to SYS-W Series , Gats samayal , Cook with Citrus Fruits , Healthy Salads , Priya's Versatile Kitchen