http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/julekake-julekaga-norwegian-cardamom-scented-christmas-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/julekake-julekaga-norwegian-cardamom-scented-christmas-bread.html#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:35:52 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19451 First of all, Merry Christmas to everyone. For this month’s We Knead to Bake, we are baking Julekake, that is a rich holiday bread flavored with cardamom and is traditionally served at Christmas in many Scandinavian countries. Some popular additions to the bread are raisins, candied orange peel, and colored candied peel. I have used...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/12/julekake-julekaga-norwegian-cardamom-scented-christmas-bread.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:06:01 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18447 For this month’s We Knead to Bake, we are baking a French bread that has this lovely orange flavor. It is a breakfast pastry/bread that is buttery textured and shaped in a pretty way. You can also shape it as a big loaf. I did not have some of the orange flavorings given in the recipe...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/gibassier-bread-french-anise-orange-flavored-bread.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:57:06 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17917 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking flaounes that are savoury cheese pies baked for Greek Orthodox Easter, traditionally made on Good Friday. This is usually made with “flaounes” cheese that is hard to find outside Cyprus and instead we used a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar. A couple of special ingredients namely Mahleb...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/04/flaounes-cypriot-savory-easter-cheese-pies.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:50:03 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17208 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we were given the choice to bake any yeasted bread. I missed baking the focaccia caprese last month since I could not find fresh mozarella, but baked this one instead. On a recent trip to the grocery I spotted fresh mozarella and the caprese hit my mind instantly.Who...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/02/focaccia-caprese.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/potato-focaccia-pugliese-italian-flat.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/potato-focaccia-pugliese-italian-flat.html#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:20:55 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16552 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake“ we are baking focaccia. I have already blogged a “no knead” version of focaccia here. The original recipe had tomato, basil and mozarella as the topping, but we had the choice to pick our desired topping as well. Since I could not get my hand on fresh cheese I...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/01/potato-focaccia-pugliese-italian-flat.html/feed 5 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html#comments Wed, 25 Dec 2013 02:00:11 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16125 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake“, Aparna decided to go festive and chose this rich delicious cake. Although the cake in itself is simple to make the lack of the spring form pan and some ingredients caused me to have cold feet. The baking group was pretty helpful and patiently answered my questions. You...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/kanel-snegle-kanelbullar-swedish-cinnamon-snails.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/kanel-snegle-kanelbullar-swedish-cinnamon-snails.html#comments Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:35:54 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15508 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking Swedish Cinnamon Snails. Cinnamon rolls have been on my list forever because the family loves them. I have not tasted them and while baking these I had the weird doubt of whether these are supposed to be on the crunchy side or soft side. I...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/kanel-snegle-kanelbullar-swedish-cinnamon-snails.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:00:08 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14154 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking honeycomb buns. If you love bread, you have to bake these buns. They not only look cute, but are soft and taste great as well. These buns felt like a smaller version of the pav buns posted a couple of years ago. We had the choice...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/09/khaliat-nahal-honeycomb-buns-or-bees-hive-buns.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html#comments Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:11:07 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13564 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake“ we are baking pretzels. The family loves pretzels and I was very excited to bake the same. We had the choice to bake crunchy or soft pretzels and the soft pretzels won the voting at home. This is my second attempt at pretzels and the first one was...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/soft-pretzel.html/feed 8 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/kugelhopf-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/kugelhopf-bread.html#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:39:23 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13062 Kugelhopf (also spelt as Kugelhupf, Gugelhupf or Kugelhoph) is a sweet yeasted cake. But for this month’s “We Knead to Bake“, we are making a savory version of the same. This bread is baked in a special pan similar to a bundt pan and has a dense texture. The dough is rich with eggs and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/07/kugelhopf-bread.html/feed 5