Eggless Wholewheat Dates Cake/Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Dates - 18 to 20 (preferred seedless)
Milk - 3/4th cup
Sugar - 3/4th cup
All purpose Flour/ Maida - 1cup (or) Whole wheat flour - 1cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Baking Soda - 1tsp
Cashews/Walnuts/Pecans/Almonds - 1/2 cup (chopped) use any nuts you have.

Procedure:

• Soak dates in warm milk or just microwave for 5 mins till warm so that the dates turn soft enough to grind.
• Add sugar and along with the milk and dates into a blender and grind it to a smooth paste.
• Take this in a large mixing bowl. Add oil and mix.
• Sieve together flour and baking soda in a separate bowl.
• Add the flour 1 tsp at a time and mix well with a spatula.
• Add nuts and mix well. Do not over mix it.
• Preheat oven at 350F. Bake the cake in a greased oven proof dish for 35-40 mins or till the knife inserted in the cake comes out clean. (or) Pour the batter in the cupcake molds. But it takes only 20- 25 mins to cook the cupcakes.
• Cut it into pieces and serve the cake. For cup cakes transfer them onto the cooling rack and serve when cool.

This cake is more yummier the next day.

Simply Pan Cakes

Ingredients:

Maida/All Purpose Flour- 1cup
Baking Powder - 1tsp
Baking Soda - pinch
Milk - 3/4cup
Sugar- 2tbsp
Salt - pinch for taste
Egg - 1
Butter - 2tbsp (optional) can be replaced with oil.

Procedure:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar with a whisk and keep aside.
• In another bowl add milk along with butter/oil and mix gently with a whisk and add the egg and mix it for 2mins. 
• Now add the flour mix into the milk mixture slowly and mix it with the whisk and make sure there are no lumps and keep it aside for 10-15mins.
• Heat the skillet/dosa pan on medium heat.
• Grease it with butter and add one full laddle of the batter in the middle of the pan.(a perfect batter will get some small bubbles on top of the pan cake when poured on the pan.) We can add more than one if we have a big pan and want to make small pan cakes as shown in picture.

• When the bubbles on it popped, gently flip them onto another side and cook it, serve. 
• Repeat the process with the remaining batter and serve them hot with honey or maple syrup.

Note:

1. Make sure that the pan is not too hot as it may burn the edges of the pan cake and loose its fluffyness.
2. You can use just the baking soda and 1tsp vinegar inspite of egg if you are a vegan and want to avoid egg.
3. After flipping if you cover it with a lid and cook, makes more softer and fluffy pan cakes.

Oats Cookies

Ingredients:

Quick Oats - 1/2cup
Oats Powder - 1 cup (I grinded the oats into powder but did not buy it outside)
Maida/All-purpose Flour - 1 1/2cup
Brown Sugar - 1cup
Eggs - 2
Vanilla Extract - 1tsp
Butter/Oil - 1cup
Baking Soda - Pinch
Pinch of salt

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. 
• Beat together butter and sugars until creamy. 
• Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat well. 
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt together and keep aside. 
• Add this flour mix to the above mixture and mix well.
• Slowly stir in oats powder. 
• The mixture will be like the chapati dough. 
• Make round balls and little flat at the middle and keep them on the cookie sheets.
• On top of the biscuits add some oats and press it a bit.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on sheet and serve.