Cheese Filled Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup mashed cooked pumpkin
2 tbsp. powdered sugar

Cream Cheese Filling:
1 block cream cheese softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe:
In a large mixing bowl beat granulated sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt with electric mixer until smooth. Beat 1 minute more, stir in pumpkin until combined.
spread batter evenly in prepared baking pan. Bake 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
 Turn cake out onto clean linen towel sprinkled with powered sugar. Carefully remove wax paper. Starting at narrow end, roll up towel and cake together. Cool completely.
Meanwhile prepare filling. In a mixing bowl beat cream cheese, powered sugar, butter and vanilla until smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts, if desired.
 Unroll cake and spread with filling. Roll up without towel this time; transfer to serving platter. Cover; refrigerate until serving time. Cut into slices to serve.
Oven 350 F

Sweet Semolina: Halva

Ingredients:

1 cup semolina flour
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 chopped almonds

Syrup:

1 cup warm water
1/2 cup warm milk
1 cup sugar

Recipe:

Heat oil in a medium pot on medium-high heat. Add the semolina, almonds,cinnamon and lemon zest stir constantly until the cooked and golden brown, about 20 minutes.
In a small pot, mix the water, milk sugar. Place on high heat and bring to a boil. Turn heat to medium-high heat an simmer until sugar has dissolved, about 6 minutes. Carefully, pour the syrup over the semolina and stir until well blended. Cover the pot and let sit to absorb, about 10 minutes.
Spoon the mixture into 3 1/2 to 4-ounce ramekins and let cool. Enjoy it...

Athens, Botanical Garden

Fried Bread

                               

                                                    Easy and delicious bruschetta...


1 French Bread that is cut into slices
1/4 cup feta cheese
1/4 cup grated classic Cheddar cheese
1 egg
1 spoon vegetable oil
1/2 sliced sousage
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon paprica

Recipe:

In a medium bowl mix stirred egg, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, sousage, vegetable oil together . Add chopped parsley, salt, pepper and paprica.
Combine all and spread 1 tbsp mixture to each slice and place them on baking tray. Broil these in low  preheated oven until they get golden brown color and toasty. Enjoy it...

Homemade Bread Crumbs

You can recycle old breads to do that at first we need to slice them into small peaces. Second, we must place them in an oven tray to broil at low heat about 15 minutes. Lastly, we need to chopp them in a food processor into small peaces. You can use these bread crumbs to make meatballs and cakes.   

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Apple Cookie Rolls

Ingredients:

1 stick butter

4 spoon sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 spoon yogurt

1 tablespoon baking powder

2,5 cup flour

Filling:

2 Golden apples

1 cup power sugar
1/2 cup crushed walnut or pecan
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Recipe:

Add butter (at room temperature), vegetable oil, sugar, yogurt and egg in a large bowl. Add slowly flour and baking powder into the mixture. Knead for 5-6 minutes. Then, rest the dough.

Meanwhile, peel and grate the apples. Stir apples and powdered sugar 10 minutes and cook at medium- heat.When, they turn brown color, add then stir cinnamon and walnut or pecan.

Cut the dough into 3 peaces. Flatten each dough with a roller about surface of a  platter. Then, cut the dough into 8 peaces and put 1 tbsp. filling to the wide side of each peace and roll them. Put these peaces into a greased tray. Preheat the oven 350F and bake them about 15-20 minutes until they get light brown color. After 5 or 6 minutes, sprinkle powdered sugar onto each peaces. They are ready for serving. 

Enjoy it...    

Homemade Bread Recipe

Easy and delicious bread recipe. I hope you like it. Enjoy it...
Ingredients:

3 3/4 cups white flour
1 1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoon yeast
1 cup warm milk
1/2 cup warm water
4 spoon vegetable oil

2 homemade bread

Recipe:
If the dough kneaded by hand, first mix flour, dry yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Second add milk, water and vegetable oil then knead 7- 8 minutes. Dough should be soft and can be given shape easily. Let rise the dough 1 hour and close it with a cover. Divide the dough into two equal parts then roll each parts as 20cm long. Put the rolls side by side into oily baking tray. Let wait for half an hour in the tray. Cook it in a pre-heated (375 F) oven for 20 or 25 minutes.
Note: This recipe is taken from http://www.40firinekmek.com/

Corn Cake

This recipe belongs to my Brazilian friend Karina. It is a little bit different then Turkish cakes but I believe that you will like it.

 

Ingredients:

3 eggs entire
2 cups (tea) cornmeal
4 cups (tea) milk
30 grams of Parmesan cheese grated
1 + 1 / 2 spoon (soup) wheat flour
3 cups (tea) sugar
1 tbsp (tablespoons) butter
1 spoon (soup) of oil
1 spoon (soup) baking powder
a little grated coconut

 Recipe:
In a cup add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, coconut and Parmesan cheese then mix them. In another cup add eggs, sugar, butter, vegetable oil and milk stir them until getting a spoon.  Add first cup into this mixture slowly and mix them together. Pour this mixture into a cake pan and bake 25 to 35 min. at 350 F.
Enjoy it...

Banana Bread Recipe

I learned this recipe from my South Korean friend Miran Lee. I was invited her house last Tuesday and I really enjoyed her banana bread. It is easy to cook and delicious. Therefore, I post it as my first recipe.
     
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup mashed ride banana
2 eggs
1/3 vegetable oil
1/2 cup hazelnut

Recipe:
In a cup add flour, sugar,baking powder, salt and baking soda then mix them. In another cup add mashed ripe banana, eggs and vegetable oil and stir them until getting a smooth mixture then add hazelnut and stir a few minutes. Add first cup into this mixture slowly and mix them together. Pour this mixture into a rectangular cake pan and bake 25 to 35 min. at 350 F.


Note: 1 cup = 200 ml.
I will upload the picture of it soon.

Pumpkin Muffin

In Halloween, I saw lots of pumpkins around and I tasted a pumpkin bread which I did not like because it had a lot of spices inside. Therefore, I included only cinnamon and bake it as cooking cupcake. My friends liked it a lot and they wanted the recipe. I hope you enjoy it.   
Ingredients:
1.5 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup pumpkin pure
1/2 cup walnuts
1.5 cups flour

Recipe:
Add eggs and sugar in a bowl and stir them together and add vegetable oil and pumpkin pure in this mixture. In another bowl add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and mixed them with a spoon. Add this mixture into first mixture slowly and mixed all them together. Add walnuts into this mixture and mix them together. Pour mixture into a cupcake pan (approximately 12 cupcake cups) by sharing equally in every cups. At 350 F, bake 25 to 30 minutes.