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 Easy Jam and Bread Pudding- Homemade Mixed Fruit Jam Recipe Classic old-fashioned bread and jam pudding is a wonderfully satisfying no-fuss dessert. Bread pudding is a comforting dessert to treat your family on chilly winter evenings. If you have left-over bread, you can bake this delicious dessert in no time. It has a rich and creamy custard and the sticky sweetness from the jam. The pudding has a few simple ingredients and absolute comfort to dig in! Your whole family will love it, and they will even come back for seconds. I am also sharing the recipe for homemade mixed fruit jam with easy-to-make instructions. Homemade mixed fruit jam is delicious with so much flavor. It is so easy to make your jam with seasonal fruits of your choice, plus the added benefit is the quality and freshness of the fruits. Strawberry jam, plum jam, and raspberry jam taste delicious in bread pudding. Feel free to use whatever you have at hand. Bread pudding with layers of jam is beautiful and incredi...

Bread Vada Bread vada can be made with left over bread, it is an instant vada. It is a yummy tea time snack and can be made in a jiffy.This recipe is inspired from Mrs. Vahchef YouTube Channel. It is soft and spongy in the inside and crispy outside. It is mildly spiced and flavored with pearl onions,ginger and curry leaves. Try this, you will surely love it. Ingredients Bread slices- 8 Rava/Sooji- 3 tbs Rice flour- 2 tbs Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp (optional) Asafoetida/Hing- a pinch Yogurt -1/2 cup Pearl Onions- 4-5 Ginger finely chopped- 1 inch thick Curry leaves finely chopped- 1 spring Green chilly  finely chopped- 3 salt to taste Oil- 2 cup to fry   In a food processor pulse the bread till it becomes a course mixture. Transfer this into a bowl and add the rice flour,rava, salt, chilly powder and hing(asafoetida) and mix well. Into this add the yogurt and mix. Adjust consistency by adding little water. Do not add too much water,just enough to moist t...

Croissant Bread Pudding Classic old fashioned bread pudding served warm with caramel sauce is one of my top favorite desserts. Left over bread can be converted into a baked classy and yummy dessert in no time. Instead of the traditional bread this recipe uses the rich buttery croissant bread. Flaky buttery bread with rich custard takes this dessert to the next level. Add chocolate chips, nuts or raisins and serve warm or chilled. This recipe is inspired from Nigella Lawson show.Try this,you will surely love it. Ingredients Croissant bread- 8 (mini or 4 regular) Eggs large- 5 Milk- 1 1/2 cup Heavy cream- 1 1/4 cup Sugar- 3/4 cup Semi sweet chocolate chips-1/2 cup Butter- 1 tsp Salt- a pinch Rum extract- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract- 1 tsp Pre heat oven to 350 degree. Melt butter and grease baking dish with it and spread the left over butter in the pan. Slice croissants lengthwise but not all the way through. Place this in a single layer in the baking dish. In a bow...

Fruit Sandwich Want a quick and tasty tea time snack? Try these quick and delicious sweet tea sandwich. The filling is whipped cream and fruits and you can not stop at one as these are irresistible. This recipe is adapted from Japanese fruit sandwich.Kids will surely love it. Use any fruit of your choice to make this sandwich. Ingredients Bread slices-6 Heavy whipping cream- 1 cup Sugar- 3-4 tsp Fruits of your choice I used mango slices, strawberry and kiwi Using a hand or standing mixer first whip the cream. In a bowl whisk chilled whipping cream for about two minutes. Gradually add the sugar,little by little and continue whipping  till it attains soft peaks. Cut off the bread crusts neatly and spread the cream. Arrange the fruits and top with a bread slice. Cover and wrap with a cling wrap. Refrigerate for a hour, or freeze for 15 minutes, slice and serve. Try this Hope you will all enjoy!

This months baking partners challenge recipe is Brioche. It is a rich and unique French bread. It is a kind of tender pastry bread with eggs and butter. It is often used as a base for many desserts too.This bread is flavored with orange blossom water. This recipe suggested by Swathi is adapted from Dominique Ansel's book  The Secret Recipes . I have never tried baking the Brioche bread and was little intimidated in the beginning. I am glad I tried this recipe. Thanks Swathi. Ingredients Bread flour- 2 cups Salt- 1/2 tsp Sugar- 1/4 cup Yeast- 2 1/4 tsp Eggs-4 Whole milk- 1 tbs Unsalted cold butter- 8-10 tbs Orange blossom water- 1 tsp Orange extract- a few drops Flour for dusting  In a bowl combine, bread flour, salt, sugar,yeast and eggs and mix well. Mix until everything is combined and knead for 10 minutes in low speed so that it forms gluten. The dough at this stage will leave the sides of the bowl and when pulling gently will stre...

Baking Partners challenge for February was suggested by Marisa of Thermofan. This month challenge recipe is empanadas.The Galician empanada is a variety of popular stuffed bread in Galician cuisine. It is a delicious recipe from Spain. Galicia is an autonomous community located in the north west of spain, most popular for its sea food delicacy. These empanadas are popular stuffed bread with fish or vegetarian filling. Marisa shared a recipe with sardine fish filling. Since I could not find sardine, I used Salmon fish for my filling. Empanadas can be served as an appetizer or snack.Thanks Marisa and Swathi for this challenge. Ingredients For the dough All purpose flour/ Bread flour- 250 grams Luke warm water- 175 ml Instant yeast- 1 tsp Sugar- 1 tsp salt- 1/2 tsp olive oil- 1 1/2 tsp For the filling Fish 1/2 lb Onion - medium Tomato paste- 2 tbs Garlic cloves- 4-5 Bell pepper- 1/2 Smoked red bell pepper chopped- 1/4 cup Salt and pepper to taste Mushroom cho...