Super Light Fruit Muffins

yeah! i got it... today i tried these super light super miost muffins like i always wanted out of minimum and simpler ingredients and without using rich gallops of butter! I had been through several different proportions for this result, but never got so perfect! I altered it with several fruits and mix fruits too and the moistness and suppleness took over every variety. So glad to share this with you.

You Need:

-White flour 2 1/2 cups 
-White sugar 1 cup 
-Brown sugar 1/4 cup
-Eggs 2
-Baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoon
-Soda 1/2 teaspoon
-Water 1/4 cup
-Vanilla essence 2 teaspoons
-Mixed glaced fruits 1/2 cup
-Salt a pinch
-Oil 3/4 cup

Method:

Beat eggs and sugar very well until eggs turns fluffly and soft. Gradually pour oil while keep beating. This is a very important step as the softness hidden in this step. Add vanilla essence and salt and beat for a minute.
Sift dry ingredients twice and fold glaced fruits in little of the flour. Fold into the egg mixture nicely with light hand. Pour into the muffins mould and bake for 10-15 minutes. You will notice the cracks on it which is a sign of perfection :)

enjoy...

Sand Cake

Today we had a rainy everning here and the romantic weather craved for something light and sweet along with coffee. I immediately decided to bake this smooth sand cake. As its name calls, its texture is slightly on the grainy and puffy side in comparision to the normal butter cakes we have. That is why its delight is also different and lovely.

I took..

200 gms self-raising flour

3 eggs

Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon

1 tablespoon cornflour

1 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup milk

150 gms butter

Method:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celcius.

Beat butter with sugar until nice and smooth texture. Beat in eggs one by one. Add vanilla essence and beat nicely.

Sift dry ingredients together and fold into the butter and egg mixture. Fold in milk gradually.

Pour into the prepapred pan and bake for about 30-35 minutes.

White Choc-chip Cupcakes

When talking about cupcakes, my heart lights up with delight! my little 3 year old niece adore them so much and i had to be different with them to keep his tastbuds interested in enjoying and delighting:) today i made these soft moist and delectably sweet llittle cupcakes for my darling..

you need:

Flour 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder 3 teaspoons
Coco powder 1/2 cup
Castor sugar 1 cup
Brown sugar 1/4 cup
Butter 100 gms
White choc-chips 1 cup
Eggs 2
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
Honey 1 teaspoon
Milk 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Steps:

Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one by one and beat wee for about 3 minutes. Add salt and vanilla essence and beat again for a minute.

Coat white chocolate chips in little flour and keep aside. Sift dry ingredients together and mix in the egg mixture by folding lightly with a wooden spoon. Add coated chocolate chips and fold in milk gradually and finally a teaspoon of honey.

Pour in cupcakes moulds and bake for about 10-15 minutes.

Awesome, moist, delicious cupcakes are ready and can be enjoyed on their own!
 

Strawberry Souffle

Yesterday iwas thinking to make something juicy, soft, sweet and beautiful, enticingly delicious dessert as it was my family gathering and i have asked to bake something like that! and without a second thought i came to this dish. I have tried several souffles so far, and this one was far better than the previous ones and turned out to be closer to that i like, a long way to go ....

You need..

5 egg whites

2 cups strawberries, hulled

1 cup castor sugar

1 tablespoon cornflour

1 teaspoon lemon/orange zest

Souffle moulds, oiled

Method:

First, roughly puree the strawberries with sugar and cornstarch. Leave half the sugar to best with egg whites. Then transfer to a small saucepan. Stir over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens.

Whisk in lemon/orange zest. Cool completely before using.

In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add remaining  sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold puree into whites in 3 additions.Transfer to prepared dish. Bake until souffle is puffed and golden, about 25 minutes. Serve immediatel with some extra whipped cream or syrup and strawberrys on top if you like.

Super Moist Fig Cake

Well, if you are fruit lover and enjoy moist supple sweetness of fruits in desserts, then this is for you. I personally loves fig and dates in baking recipes, although figs are not as sweet as dates, but there crunch delight takes over very well in so many ways its been cooked. This recipe turned out to be so good and very moist and soft that it just melts aways in your mouth leaving behind just traces of a beautiful dessert :)

Things you will need:

100 gms butter

1 cup castor sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

2 egg

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chopped fresh figs

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cups chopped fresh figs

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Method:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celcius. Grease the cake pan and set aside.

Sift together the dry ingredients together. Beat butter with castor sugar and brown sugar until creamy, add eggs one by one. Add lemon juice and zest along with vanilla extract. Add salt and beat.

Fold in dry ingredients and then with figs. Add water gradually. Fold lightly with wooden spoon until well combined. Transfer mix to the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes or your skewer comes out clean.

Enjoy with whipped cream!

Caramel Date Cake

Dates are tend to be a royal fruit with rich in sweetness and a great source of energy without doubts! Its versatile when doing desserts with it . I love it in baking and last i tried it with caramel basic butter cake. I hope you will enjoy


Ingredients:

Flour 1 1/2 cups
Eggs 2
Butter 130 gm
Brown sugar 1 cup
Milk 2/3 milk
Honey 1 tbsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Dates 300gms (seeded and soaked in warm water for about 20 minutes & drained)



Steps:

Preheat oven at 180 degrees C.

Beat butter with sugar until creamy. Add eggs one by one and beat well until combined. Sift dry ingredients together and add in the butter mixture gradually in two lots alternate with milk. Fold nicely and lightly with a wooden spoon. Add honey and fold. Finally add drained and chopped dates covered with a little flour so that they don't stick to the bottom oof your pan.

Pour cake mixture into prepared cake pan, 21cm round one.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until your skewer comes out clean.

You can frost the cake with caramel butter icing or fresh whipped cream if you like!

Almond Crunch Ice Cream Cake

Nuts can do wonders to your recipes and in dessert, it adds a regal touch. Today's pick is supereme. The almond crunch, gives pleasure in every bite.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
• Almond Sponge Cake/Plain Sponge Cake
• 4 pints vanilla ice cream, softened slightly
• Almond Crunch ( 1 1/2 cup chopped almonds cook with 3-4 tbsp sugar )
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Place granulated sugar and water in a saucepan and cook on medium until sugar dissolves. Add almond extract and set the syrup aside to cool.

With a serrated knife, slice the two cake layer in half horizontally, forming four layers. Make crumbs of one layer by blending into the food processor and set aside.

Apply syrup n remaining cake layers. Beat ice cream until spreadable and apply on the first layer with almond crunch. Apply second layer and repeat. Set in freezer for about 10minutes to firm.

Place another layer over the set cake and repeat with icecream and crunch. Cover the sides of the cake with whipped ice cream and return to the freezer for 30 minutes.

In a chilled bowl, whip heavy cream with confectioner's sugar until soft peaks form. Apply to cake allover and stick the cake crumbs to side walls of the cake. Sprinkle some almond crunch on top of the cake and return to the freezer until completely firm or overnight.

Enjoy this heaven's delight!

Honey Cake

Honey is the symbol of something' good' coming your way. A sign of positivity. So does its sweetness brings in all recipes! :) Not all honey cakes are the perfect one all the time. After a number of trials i came across this one.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup honey

180 gms butter softened

1/4 cup freshly brewed strong coffee, cooled

2 large eggs

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Oil loaf pan well and dust with flour, knocking out excess.

Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, in a small bowl. Whisk together honey, butter, and coffee in another bowl until well combined.

Beat together eggs and brown sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low, then add honey mixture and whiskey and mix until blended, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. Finish mixing batter with a rubber spatula, scraping bottom of bowl.

Pour batter into loaf pan (batter will be thin) and bake 30 minutes. Cover top loosely with foil and continue to bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes more. Cool on a rack 1 hour.

Run a knife around side of cake, then invert rack over pan and invert cake onto rack. Turn cake right side up and cool completely.

Voila!

 

Caramel Biscuits

Enjoy these crunchy munchy yummy bisuits! They are quite easy to make, fewer ingredients and perfect recipe.

Ingredients:

115g softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

2tbs honey

1/2 chopped nuts ( walnuts, cashews )

1 cup self-raising flour, sifted

Method:

Preheatt oven to 180*C.

Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add honey and beat until fluffy. mix in flour until texture is such that you can roll it into balls.

Place on a paper-lined baking tray and alow for spreadng. Press each gently with a fork and bake in oven for 15min.

Chocolate Lava Muffins

These has to indulge with.. Thepleasure chocolate has no match available! i always love these molten chocolate anytime and moreover i have experianed that chocolate desserts are the best mood lifters for any reason:) i know most of you will agree to me..

Ingredients:

300 gms semisweet chocolate chips

90 gms butter

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract/essence

1/2 cup sugar

3 tablespoons flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 cup whipped cream

1 teaspoon espresso powder

Butter/Oil for greasing

Strawberrys for garnishing

Method:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Place a small metal bowl over a saucepan with simmering water. Melt the chocolate and butter in the bowl. Stir in vanilla.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour and salt. Sift these into the chocolate and mix well with electric hand mixer. Add eggs one at time, fully incorporating each egg before adding the next. Beat at high until batter is creamy and lightens in color, approximately 4 minutes. Chill mixture.
Coat the top and each cup of the muffin tin with butter. Dust with the cocoa powder and shake out excess. Spoon mixture into pan using a 4-ounce scoop or ladle. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Outsides should be cake-like and centers should be gooey.
While muffins are in oven, mix espresso powder in whipped cream and serve with warm muffins.

Fresh Blue Berry Pie

This is perhaps the most sweet cute and lovely tradtional dish associated with loving moms and grannys:) mostly forgotten but every time you create it or have it with your family, it gives happiness like nothing else. This one is from my fav Betty Crocker although i have altered it a bit to my taste :) 


Pastry

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter

2-3 tablespoon milk

4 tablespoons cold water

Filling

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

6 cups blueberries

4 tablespoons cornstarch

Dash freshly grated nutmeg

1 tablespoon lemon juice

2 tablespoon butter or margarine

Heat oven to 425°F. 

Pastry Dough:
In medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour and the salt. Mix in butter and milk, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).

Gather pastry into a ball. Divide in half; shape into 2 flattened rounds on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the butter to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky.

With floured rolling pin, roll one round into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side.

Filling:
In large bowl, mix sugar and 1/2 cup flour, cornstarch and nutmeg.Stir in blueberries. Spoon into pastry-lined pie plate. Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over blueberry mixture. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Cut butter into small pieces; sprinkle over blueberries. Cover with top pastry that has slits cut in it; seal and flute. Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning.

Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust, cool on rack for 2 hrs. Serve with fresh whipped cream.

Jelly Cakes

These jelly cakes lasted about 5 minutes in my house. Everybody just loved them and i have picked this one from my fav collectiong, taste.com.au with a Bliss touch :) Very easy to make DELICIOUS....try out

Ingredients: 

• 60g butter, softened
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 2/3 cup milk
• 85g packet strawberry jelly crystals
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 cups desiccated coconut
• 1 cup double thick cream

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 12 x 2 tablespoon capacity patty pan.
   
2. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, a little at a time, beating until well combined. Using a large metal spoon, gently fold in half the flour and half the milk. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.
   
3. Spoon mixture into patty pan. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool cakes on a wire rack.
   
4. Stir jelly and boiling water together in a bowl until crystals are dissolved. Stir in cold water. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until cold and slightly thick.
   
5. Place coconut into a large bowl. Cut each cake in half horizontally. Sandwich halves back together using 1 teaspoon of cream. Using a slotted spoon lower cakes, 1 cake at a time, into jelly. Drain excess jelly. Toss cakes in coconut until well coated. Place onto a lined tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until set.

Chocolate Cashew Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

12 cup sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

12 tsp salt

1 egg

34 cup milk

12 cup cooking oil

1 13 cups semisweet chocolate (pieces)

1 cup cashews

cashews (coarsely chopped for topping optional)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and 1/2" up sides of an 8"x4"x2" loaf pan; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside. In medium bowl, beat egg with a fork; stir in milk and oil. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture. Stir until just moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in 1 c of the chocolate pieces and the 1 c of cashews. Spoon batter into prepared pan; spread evenly. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Wrap and store overnight. Before serving, in a small saucepan, combine remaining 1/3 c chocolate pieces and the shortening. Heat and stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Drizzle chocolate mixture over loaf. If desired sprinkle additional coarsely chopped cashews on top. Let stand until chocolate sets.

Chocolate Caramel Slice

I love slices, specially the presentations and preparations that make them lovely and delicious. This recipe is inspired by my favorite recipes portal , www.taste.com.au, with a Bliss touch! ..each piece has the surprise of sticky caramel sandwiched between the chocolate and biscuit layers.

Base

• 1 cup plain flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• Lemon zest 1/2 tsp
• 125g butter, melted

Filling

• 400g can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup / honey
• 60g butter, melted

Topping

• 60g walnuts chopped
• 125g cooking chocolate, chopped

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 3cm deep, 28 x 18cm (base) lamington pan.
   
2. Combine all base ingredients in a bowl. Mix well. Press into prepared lamington pan. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until light golden. Remove from oven. Cool.
   
3. Make filling: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, whisking, for 8 minutes or until golden. Pour over cooked base. Bake for 12 minutes or until firm. Cool completely. Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours, or until set.
   
4. Make topping: Place chocolate into a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until melted. Stir in walnuts. Pour over caramel. Refrigerate to set. Cut into squares to serve.

Baked Pancakes

pancakes with a difference! enjoy your hearty breakfast with this simple, easy and aboslute pleasureable surprises. No more waiting.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

3 tsblespoons butter/margarine

3 tablespoons castor sugar

1/4 cup mini chocolate chip (optional)

Lemon rind 1/2 tsp

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Mix flour, milk, salt, lemon rind, eggs and butter. Batter will be lumpy. Stir in chips.

Pour into 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1" pan. Bake for approximately 10 minutes.

Cut into squares and serve with butter and syrup.

Note: You can use any biscuit mix like Bisquick, and alter your recipe by omitting flour, salt and sugar.

Cake Pops

It has quite simple recipe and ingredients as well. Its best made with a cake mix, you can bake the cake yourself i f you like. I used cake mix.

Ingredients:

-340gm chocolate cake mix
-Creamy chocolate forsting
-Sprinkles/decorations
-Dark chocolate 250 gms
-Sticks

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line the base of a 20cm round (base measurement) cake pan with baking paper.
   
2. Make the chocolate cake following packet directions. Spoon into the prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
   
3. Use a serrated knife to trim the crusts of the cake. Break the cake into small pieces and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Process until fine crumbs form. Transfer to a bowl. Add the frosting and combine.
   
4. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Roll tablespoonsful of cake mixture into balls and place on the lined tray. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour or until firm.
   
5. Dip the end of 1 lollypop stick in chocolate then insert into a cake ball. Return to the tray. Repeat with remaining cake balls.
6. Dip 1 cake ball into the melted chocolate, turning to coat. Gently tap on the side of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Set aside for 30 minutes or until chocolate is completely set.

Walnut Pie with Butter Almond Crust

Being a blogger about baking recipe, one need to keep experimenting and play with flavors, however some recipes need just to make perfect as being followed tradtionally, their taste and beauty is their standard of perfection in itself. This walnut pie has all the bounties it offers with a difference of a butter almond crust , as i like double crucnh and extra buttery! try out...

Ingredients:

For Butter Almond Pie-Crust:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup finely ground blanched almonds or almond flour

1 heaping teaspoon brown sugar

1 cup very-cold, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

Ice Water

For Filling:

2 cups roughly chopped walnuts

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 Tbsp melted butter

3 Tbsp all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor; pulse to mix. Add butter and pulse 6 to 8 times, until mixture resembles coarse meal, with pea size pieces of butter. Add ice water 1 Tbsp at a time, pulsing until mixture just begins to clump together. If you pinch some of the crumbly dough and it holds together, it's ready. If the dough doesn't hold together, add a little more water and pulse again. Note that too much water will make the crust tough.

Remove dough from machine and place in a mound on a clean surface. Gently shape the dough mixture into two disks. Work the dough just enough to form the disks, do not over-knead. You should be able to see little bits of butter in the dough. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour, and up to 2 days.  Remove one crust disk from the refrigerator. Let sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. Roll out with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface to a 12-inch circle; about 1/8 of an inch thick. Carefully place onto a 9-inch pie plate. Gently press the pie dough down so that it lines the bottom and sides of the pie plate. Use a pair of kitchen scissors to trim the dough to within 1/2 inch of the edge of the pie dish.

Add filling to the pie.Roll out second disk of dough, as before. Gently place onto the top of the filling in the pie. Pinch top and bottom of dough rounds firmly together. Trim excess dough with kitchen shears, leaving a 3/4 inch overhang. Fold the edge of the top piece of dough over and under the edge of the bottom piece of dough, pressing together. Flute edges using thumb and forefinger or press with a fork. Score the top of the pie with four 2-inch long cuts, so that steam from the cooking pie can escape.

In a bowl, mix together the beaten eggs, vanilla extract, melted butter. Sprinkle with flour, salt, cinnamon. Whisk until smooth.

Spread the chopped walnuts over the bottom of a prepared pie shell. Pour the egg mixture over the walnuts. Place in the preheated oven on the middle rack. Place a cookie sheet on the rack underneath to catch any drippings from the pie crust.

Bake at 375°F for 40-45 minutes. After about 20 minutes (about halfway through the baking), you may want to tent the pie crust edges with foil, or use a pie protector, so that the edges don't get burnt.

Very Easy Cheesecake

Cheesecake are all time favorites! There are countless versions of this supreme delicacy and trickier ones as well however, this recipe that i treid took minutes to make, but taste like you worked hard to create this heavenly dessert!

Ingredients:

1 sweet biscuits for pie crust
8 ounce soft cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup cream

Directions:

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth, add sugar and mix well. Add sour cream and vanilla, mix well.

2. Spoon into pie crust and chill for 4 hours.

A new taste for your tastebuds, a tropical flavor combined with sugary treat, moist warm and absolute delicious when i tried!

You’ll Need:
1 ripe mango (peeled and cubed)
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup castor sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2  eggs
1 teaspoon mango essence

Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celcius.

Mix all the dry ingredients. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl; mix well. I used a whisk for this process so everything gets incorporated evenly.

Combine the milk, oil, eggs, and mango essence in a medium bowl; whisk until smooth. Then add the milk mixture to the flour mixture; stir just until moistened (try not to over-mix). The final step is to stir the chopped mango gently into the batter. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.

warm sweet fruity treats are ready!




Gift basket with Chocolate & fruit

Butter Scotch Cookies

Family favorite recipe of butter scotch cookies, which melts in your mouth giving all the pleasures it offers you..i love it with warm milk. Kids just adore them.
 Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds

Method:

In a large bowl, cream the butter, oil and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture ans mix well. Stir in chopped almonds. Shape into a 10-in. roll; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm.

Unwrap dough and cut into 1/2-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1-2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.