Roasted Butternut Squash, Pears, and Cranberries

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~8-10 side servings

• 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 2 pinches of kosher salt
• 4 cups butternut squash chunks (roughly 1″ cubes)
• 3 cups pear (bartlett) chunks (roughly 1″ cubes)
• 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
• 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter

Instructions -
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, toss together butternut squash, pears, and dried cranberries. Pour butter over it and sprinkle with sugar/spice mix. Toss until well distributed.

4. Spread into a 9×13 baking dish and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and toss or stir. Return to the oven for another 15 minutes, or until the squash and pears are for tender. Check seasoning (I added a few more pinches of salt) and serve hot.

Make-Ahead
This dish can easily be made ahead of time, cooled, and stored in an air-tight container in the fridge. When you want to serve it, heat it up in a 375 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until hot.

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YOU WILL NEED

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/8 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 banana
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

HOW TO MAKE IT

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla, bananas and peanut butter. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the rolled oats and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

soft cookies!!!

THIS RECIPE IS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED TO MY ANCHAN :)

We all like cookies. With our morning coffee, with our afternoon tea or even while watching tv. And whats best that Soft Cookies??? Now you can make them yourself! Plus control their calories :P

YOU WILL NEED:

1.  100 grams brown sugar
2. 60 grams butter
3. 1 egg
4. 100 grams flour
5. 1 tea spoon baking powder
6. 1 pinch of salt
7. 1/2 tea spoon cinnamon
8. 100 grams chopped dark choco

HOW TO MAKE IT :

1. mix the butter with the sugar to make it fluffy. add the egg
2. add the flour, the baking powder, the salt and the cinnamon.
3. keep mixing and add the choco.
4. with the assistance of two spoons take little bit of the mixture and place it on a sheet of baking paper. remember to leave a space between them coz they will grow!
5. bake in preheated over in 190oC for 10-12 minutes

TIP:

IF YOU WANT THEM CRISPY BAKE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT BE CAREFULL NOT TO BURN THEM!! AT THIS POINT EVEN 10 SECONDS MORE CAN DO THE DAMAGE

ENJOY!!