Saffron-Walnut Cookies

All these days I was managing my baking with a convection oven but now I am really excited to have purchased a traditional OTG oven, after consulting my mentor in baking, Mrs.Shyamala Sivaraman. Yippie!! Here is the first recipe that I tried in my new oven. I adapted the recipe from Priya's versatile recipes. The best thing about the recipe is the aroma of saffron, the divine smell just spreads all over the house! 

Healthy Banana Walnut Loaf

An absolute guilt free indulgence of "Banana-Walnut Loaf"
.. I replaced maida with whole-wheat flour and even better, just one spoon of ghee used!! A healthy n tasty bite 

INGREDIENTS

Ripe bananas - 2

Whole Wheat flour - 2 cups

Powdered brown sugar (or white sugar) - 3/4 cup

Yoghurt - 2/3 cup

Milk - 3/4 cup

Baking soda - 1/2 Tsp

Baking powder - 1/2 Tsp

Cocoa powder - 1 Tbsp

Vanilla essence - 1/2 Tsp

Cinnamon powder - 1/4 Tsp

Ghee or melted unsalted butter - 1 Tbsp

Salt - a pinch

Chopped walnuts - 1/3 cup

METHOD:

1. Sieve the following together: Whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt

2. In a blender, mix the following and make a smooth paste: bananas, sugar, yoghurt, about 2 Tbsp of milk

3. Add the banana paste to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly stirring without lumps

4. To the mixture, add ghee/butter, walnuts. Mix well

5. In case the batter seems too thick, dilute it with very little milk. The batter should not be runny. When you try dropping the batter with a spoon, it should fall in big globs

6. Add the batterto a greased cake tray or loaf tray. Bake at 150C in a pre-heated oven for about 30-40-minutes or till a fork insertted into the cake comes out clean

7. Let it cool completely and then slice them as you wish