Apple Pie Cupcakes

First dessert of Fall 2016! What's fall without apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg infused desserts! It's been a while since I've baked any desserts so I wanted to try something different. This recipe caught my eye since it was a mix between an apple pie and cupcake. 

These cupcakes are filled with diced apples (like the filings of apple pies) in the middle as well as fresh apples in the cake mix and topped with spiced cream cheese frosting. The original recipe doesn't use spiced cream cheese frosting but rather used a buttercream frosting instead. I personally like cream cheese frosting more so I opted for that. I found a different way to prepare cream cheese frosting in the comment section from that same recipe that added cinnamon and nutmeg to tie in all the flavor! For the recipe click here! 

Breakfast Muffins

These breakfast/anytime muffins are a tasty alternative breakfast/snack choices to have around. They are savory and cheesy and a bit smoky from the hot dogs in them. As always, I add more cheese then required in the recipe because again why not! (I added 2 kinds of cheese, shredded mozzarella and cheddar) I know these turned out well because my husband who isn't a cheese fanatic like I am couldn't resist them. I did omit some items from the recipe since I didn't have them on hand but the nice thing about this recipe is that it is really easy to play around and isn't like baking desserts which require exact measurements.

For the recipe please click here!

Hot Dog Cheddar Muffins

"This has my name written all over it!" was what I said to my husband when these precious little muffins came out of the oven. I also substituted hot dogs for bacon in the recipe. These muffins have a slight sweetness in them along with the smokiness of the hot dogs and the mild taste of cheddar. I added shredded mozzarella in them because why not! They taste delicious as a fast breakfast alternative when heated in the microwave or oven.

For the recipe, click here!

Aniseed (يانسون) Cookies

I have been postponing this recipe for so long! The hubby has been asking me to make Aniseed cookies ever since we came to the States (It's been 2 years... ops). Anyway, the day has come and he finally had some and announced that this should be a weekly thing! It is an easy recipe that can practically be a weekly fun activity! 

Enjoy!

For the recipe and the related video click here!

Aniseed (يانسون) Cookies Recipe

I took this recipe from the following site and tweaked it a little bit :) The video is in Arabic so below is the English version of it:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 
• 2 tablespoon Aniseed (اليانسون) (adjust to your liking)
• 1 1/2 tablespoon Black Cumin (حبة البركة)
• 1 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds 
• 3 cups of flour
• 1 cup of water (if you want a strong Aniseed taste, boil 1 cup of water and add 2 teaspoon of Aniseed and let it brew for couple of minutes, then remove the seeds and let it cool for a bit before adding it to the mix)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit = 204 degree Celsius. 
• Mix everything together with a spatula.
• Shape them to your heart's desire, circular or stick like etc... 
• Bake them on cookie pans at the above mentioned temperature for around 15 minutes depending on your oven. 
• Remove and let them cool.