Melonpan – Cookie Covered Bread Rolls

Just like there is no egg in eggplant, there is no melon in melonpan. Who would’ve thunk! As per the various blogs on the www, This much loved Japanese bread gets its name from the characteristic crosshatch shape the Japanese cut a melon in before serving. Here is a cute kiddie song that says there is anko (adzuki beans) in Anpan, Curry in Karepan but the melonpans don’t have any melons.   So what is a Melonpan? A type of Japanese sweet bread. The bread is a soft bun encased in a Pâte sablee . The delicate cookie-like crust, is …

Lemon Bars

It was one of those cold winter evenings, when you are casually strolling in a cute little town that has deliciously inviting cafes lined up and you can’t help but end up in one of them and ask for a Latte. And suddenly, your eyes wander to the cleverly placed confections and cakes and other goodies and you think, why not! You ask the better half if he would be willing to share a bite of the goodies with you and you go ahead and order it with the Latte. You dig into the lemony, sugary goodness and despite your …

Russian Tea Cookies – Mrs Fields Way!

    It took me a few years to warm up to the idea of baking cookies.  It’s not that I don’t like to bake cookies. I do, but I bake the usual suspects – oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, shortbread, …. and that’s it.  That my friends was the scope of my cookie baking. I would admire the beautifully decorated holiday cookies, the ginger bread house that my daughter made with her girl scout troop, and the cookies my neighbors sent in during Holidays. But I would still stick to my list of three tried and tested cookies and bake …