The glut of fresh apples in my house, straight from the orchards in the mountains has me itching to use them for baking! One particularly rainy and breezy day, I just gave in and made this irresistible Vegan Apple Braided Bread! …
Need a warm, moist and intensely chocolatey treat? Well, look no further! These Eggless Chocolate Protein Muffins check all the boxes while providing an extra dose of protein from chocolate-flavored protein powder!…
Whiskey Apple Iced Tea – This cocktail has been brewing in my head for the last month or so. And it turned out just as refreshing and delightful as I had imagined it to be!…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies – for the times when you just want to sink your teeth into ooey-gooey soft-baked deliciousness! With its lovely pumpkin flavor and puddles of melted chocolate, these cookies are utterly delectable!…
Kesar: Threading The Golden Stigmas The other day a fellow baking-enthusiast gave me an interesting tidbit – it takes 75,000 saffron crocus flowers to produce less than 500 grams of saffron. Each flower is painstakingly handpicked and dried. From the stigma of every dried flower, three saffron strands (just 3) are threaded. That can’t be right! 500 grams is a measly amount for such a laborious process. But then I…