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Easy Eggless Checkerboard Cookies

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Ingredients For the white dough 3/4 cup unbleached All purpose flour 1/4 cup+1 tbsp sugar 1/4 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature) 1/8 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp vanilla For the brown dough 3/4 cup unbleached All purpose flour 1/4 cup+1 tbsp sugar 1/4 cup unsalted butter(at room temperature) 1/8 tsp baking soda 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 3/4 tsp vanilla What you need to do: For the white dough Sift the flour and the baking soda twice. In a bowl,cream the butter and sugar until smooth.Add in the vanilla and mix well. Add in the flour in a small quantity at a time mixing slowly to form a smooth dough ball. If you are unable to form the mixture into a ball,add in a little more butter. Once the mixture forms a nice smooth ball,wrap it in a plastic wrap and let it chill in the refrigerator for   half an hour. For the brown dough Sift the flour,baking soda and cocoa together twice. In a bowl,cream the butter and ...

Mango Delight:Amrakhand

The first Holy festival which marks the beginning of the New Year, new month and new day for the Hindus falls on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. It is known as Gudi Padwa (in Maharashtra), Ugadi (in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh). Baisakhi (Punjab), & Cheti Chand (Sindhi). On this very day Lord Brahma created the Universe. Therefore for Hindus, this day carries special importance. In Maharashtra,the day is celebrated with an auspicious bath, followed by decorating the doorway with a 'toran', performing ritualistic worship and hoisting the Gudi.A neivedyam of shrikhand ,poori,boiled potato sabzi and dal rice is offered to God. So today on this occasion I am preparing amrakhand. Amrakhand as the name suggest  is a mango flavored shrikhand. Ingredients: 8 oz Greek yogurt  (low fat or full fat) 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar 1 ripe medium size mango,cubed 1/4 tsp cardamom powder/elaichi 1 tbsp each sliced almonds and sliced pistachios What you need to do: Puree the ch...