Kitchen Tips - Cooking Odor Removal ~ Day 30

There are many ways to eliminate cooking odor in your kitchen quickly and effectively with natural ingredients.  This method always works for me whenever I do heavy cooking and frying.  Simply add some cinnamon and lemon into a pot of water, bring it to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.  You can even add cloves, fresh rosemary and or orange peels.  Do you have any tips for removing cooking odor?  Feel free to share.

Almond Butter

Ingredients

Almonds - 2 - 3 cups, raw or roasted

Cinnamon Powder - 1/2 tsp

Sea Salt - a pinch

Method

Place almonds in the food processor with the "S" blade.

Turn the food processor on and let it run for a minute until it forms fine crumbs.

Add the cinnamon powder and salt.  Continue processing.

After 3-4 minutes of processing they turn clumpy and forms a ball.

Scrape the sides.

Process until they release oil and turn into thick paste.

Continue processing until you get a creamy and spreadable consistency.

It takes about 15 - 20 minutes to get to the creamy stage.

If you are using roasted almonds,  the butter will be dark brown in color.

I used raw almonds.

Store it in a airtight glass container and refrigerate.

Eggless Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:
For the dough:

Out from the oven

All Purpose Flour - 3 cups
Butter - 2 TBSP, room temperature
Milk - 1 cup
Active Dry Yeast - 1 pack
Sugar - 1/3 cup plus 1 TBSP

For the filling:
Brown Sugar - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon Powder - 4 TBSP

Smeared with frosting

Melted Butter - 2 TBSP

For the frosting:
Cream Cheese - 4 oz
Butter - 2 TBSP, room temperature
Powdered Sugar - 1 cup
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Warm Milk - 2 to 3 TBSP

Method:

1. Heat milk to lukewarm and add yeast and 1TBSP of sugar.  Mix well.  Keep it aside for 10 minutes or until frothy.
2. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour,  1/3 cup sugar and mix well.
3. To the yeast mixture, add the butter and mix well.
4. Now add the wet mix to the flour mix and form a dough.  Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes.  Use more flour as needed.  Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover and let it rise for an hour or until doubled in size.
5. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree F.
6. Butter a glass or non-stick baking tray and keep it aside.
7. Mix brown sugar, sugar and cinnamon powder.
8. When the dough is doubled in size, punch it in the middle.
9. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15x9 inch rectangle.  
10. Spread melted butter all over the dough.
11. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the dough.
12. Roll the dough lengthwise and pinch the edges to seal.
13. Cut into 12 to 15 slices.
14. Place the cinnamon roll slices in the pan and let it rise until dough is doubled, about 30 minutes.
15. Bake the doubled cinnamon rolls in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
16. Meanwhile, make the frosting.
17. Add all the ingredients for the frosting in a bowl and beat until creamy with a hand mixture or a whisk.
18. Once the cinnamon rolls are out from the oven spread the frosting over the hot rolls.
19. Let it cool down for 5 minutes and serve.
20. Enjoy!!!

MULTIGRAIN - Apple ~ Cinnamon Pancake

Ingredients:
Trader Joe's Multigrain Baking & Pancake Mix - 2 cups
(you can use any pancake mix)
Milk - 1 cup
Grated Apple - 1/2 cup
Ground Flax seed Meal - 1 TBSP
Corn starch - 1 tsp
Cinnamon Powder - 1 tsp
Nutmeg - 1/4 tsp
Pure vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp (Optional)

Method:
Combine all the ingredients until smooth.  If the batter is too thick, add more milk.  Heat a non-stick pan or a griddle and pour about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake in the center of the pan. Slightly shake the pan to spread the batter.  Cook till the edges are brown.  Flip it over and cook till its done.  Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.
I also used some chocolate chips in this pancake.

This goes to Priya's Pancake Event and to Suma's JHIVA - Breakfast event created by Indira.