Showing posts with label balkabagi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label balkabagi. Show all posts

Monday, October 30, 2017

Pumpkin Cookies (Balkabakli Kurabiye)

½ cup softened butter (1/2 stick)
1 cup sugar
½ cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 ½ cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
A pinch of salt
A pinch of nutmeg (optional)
A pinch of ground cloves (optional)
A pinch of ground ginger (optional)
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
1/3 cup raisins

Heat the oven to 350 F (180 C). Grease a baking tray or line with cookie sheets.
Using a mixer or your hands mix the butter with sugar until smooth. Once the mixture is light and fluffy beat in the eggs, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and the spices. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter and stir in the walnuts and raisins.
Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets or baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ su bardagi, yumusak tereyag (oda sicakliginda)
1 su bardagi seker
½ su bardagi balkabagi puresi
1 yumurta
1 yemek kasigi vanilya
1 ½ su bardagi un
1 tatli kasigi karbonat
1 tatli kasigi tarcin
Bir tutam tuz
Bir tutam karanfil tozu (istege bagli)
Bir tutam zencefil tozu (istege bagli)
Bir tutam kucuk hindistan cevizi tozu (istege bagli)
1/3 su bardagi ceviz ici, ufalanmis
1/3 su bardagi kuru uzum

Firini 180 C (350 F)’a isitin. Firin tepsisini yaglayin veya yagli kagit kullanabilirsiniz.
Elinizi kullanarak ya da mikser yardimiyla once tereyagini seker ile guzelce karistirin. Yumurtayi ilave edin ve karistirmaya devam ederek balkabagi puresini ve vanilyayi ekleyin. Genis bir kasede, un, karbonat, tuz ve kullanacaginiz baharatlari karistirin. Un karisimini yavas yavas kurabiye karisimina yedirerek karistirin. Son olarak, ceviz ve kuru uzumleri ilave edin ve guzelce karistirin.
Birer yemek kasigi dolusu kurabiye hamurunu firin tepsisine araliklarla dizin. Yaklasik 15-20 dakika kadar ya da kurabiyelerin kenarlari kizarana dek pisirin. Firindan cikardiginiz kurabiyeleri soguduktan sonar ikram edebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN


Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Pumpkin Pudding (Bal Kabakli Muhallebi)

2 cups milk
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp starch
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup pumpkin puree
For the pumpkin puree, chop about 1 lb pumpkin and barely cover with water and add 1 Tbsp sugar. Cook until soft and drain. Puree with blender. Let it cool. Alternately, you may use canned pumpkin puree/filling.
Take milk, flour, starch and sugar in a pot and mix them all. Place over the stove and cook stirring gradually (preferably with mixer) over medium heat. Once it starts boiling, stir in butter, pumpkin puree and vanilla. Cook for about 2-3 minutes over low heat stirring gradually.
Pour into individual serving cups and let them cool either at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Garnish generously with crushed walnuts.
ENJOY
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TURKCE
2 su bardagi sut
2 yemek kasigi un
2 yemek kasigi nisasta
1 su bardagi seker
1 tatli kasigi vanilya
2 yemek kasigi tereyagi
1 su bardagi bal kabagi puresi
Bal kabagi puresi icin, kabagi dograyin, uzerini gecmeyecek kadar su ve 1 yemek kasigi seker ile haslayin, suzun. Blendirdan gecirin.
Tencerede sut, un, nisasta ve sekeri iyice karistirin. Sonra, ocaga alin ve surekli karistirark, tercihen cirpici yardimi ile pisirin. Kaynamaya başladığında, tereyag, kabak puresi ve vanilyayi koyarak karistirin. Yaklasik 2-3 dakika kisik ateste kaynatin.
Ocaktan alin ve servis kaselerine bosaltin. Ilimasini bekleyin ya da buzdolabinda sogutabilirsiniz.
Uzerine kiriklanmis ceviz koyarak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN