Coconut & Jam Heart Cookies

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Coconut and Jam Hearts The Novice Housewife #recipe #cookies #christmas #coconut #jam

I know today is Tuesday and I should have a recipe for Garam Masala Tuesdays but then today is also Christmas eve here in the US and Christmas back in India, so I wanted a Christmas related recipe to be up today. And these Coconut and Jam Hearts recipe from Donna Hay Magazine fit the bill perfectly.

Now I am not a Christian but even so, when I was in India we always celebrated Christmas. Since India has a good share of Christians, Christmas is a national holiday in India. To those who wonder whether Indians celebrate Christmas, well, my Facebook feed is full of my Indian friends wishing each other Merry christmas- so yes we do.

Coconut and Jam Hearts The Novice Housewife #recipe #cookies #christmas #coconut #jam

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The Shoo Fly Cake

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The Shoo Fly Cake- a moist molasses cake #vintage #recipe #cake

Today I am sharing a recipe that is close to a 100 years old, called the Shoo fly cake.

So, I have a serious disease. I am sure most of you food bloggers/lovers out there have it too. Its this obsessive habit of buying cookbooks. Hoarding on cookbooks.

Even before I started blogging or for that matter cooking I had this fascination for cookbooks. The pictures, the recipes, the stories, the techniques – I loved going through it all. As a child I would flip through my mom’s cookbooks, with not a single intention of cooking, but instead asking my mom why she doesn’t make such and such recipe.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder…Right??

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Christmas Red Velvet cupcakes The Novice Housewife #christmas #redvelvet #cupcakes

Its been close to a month since I last posted and am hoping that my absence from the blogosphere has only made you want me more.

And if not, then hopefully these red velvet christmas themed cupcakes kind of make up for my absence. 🙂

Its just that ever since I have been back from India I have been at my lazy best and am “busy” enjoying the break from doing nothing. Of course, the occasional cooking/baking happens (somebody has to feed the husband and well…make cupcakes). I have been instagramming about the above mentioned cooking adventures but haven’t been able to get myself to write a whole blog post about anything.

Until now.

Christmas Red Velvet cupcakes The Novice Housewife #christmas #redvelvet #cupcakes

Christmas Red Velvet cupcakes The Novice Housewife #christmas #redvelvet #cupcakes

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