2011 CNY cookies 1 - Indulgence Chocolate cookies

This is one of the best chocolate cookies we have ever make. The main contributer of this recipe is the cooking chocolate. Usually we use cocoa powder instead of chocolate while making the cookies or cake. However, after trying this recipe, you will found the difference between the two.

Ingredient:

Butter 110g

Cooking Chocolate 175g (original recipe used 60% dark Choc)

Brown sugar 75g (Original Recipe used black sugar)

Sugar 55g

egg 1

Flour 225g

Baking Powder 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Beat soften butter with 2 sugar until fluffy.

2. Add in egg separately. Stir well.

3. Shift in flour and bp. Mix well.

4. Add in chopped choc. Mix well.

5. roll into 10g balls. Press lightly until flat.

6. Bake in 165 degree for 10-12 mins

Comment:

1. The cookies smells like Famous Amos cookies.

2. I like the smell more than the taste. I think we can increase the portion of the chocolate next time.

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CNY cake 1 - Passion Fruit Cheesecake

It has been one year since we last update our blog. Now I think the blog is only useful to record our new year cookies n cake recipes. At least the blog still serve an important role as Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the year. Therefore we need to be well prepared in terms of the food quality and quantity to satisfied the vast amount of relatives and friends that visit our house during this festive season.

2011 is the year of Rabbit. We would like to start our series of New Year Cake with this entire new recipe - Passion Fruit Chilled Cheesecake

Ingredients

Biscuit base

Marie biscuits 120 g

Butter 50 g

Mouse

Fresh Cream (we have used whipping cream) 160 g

Cream Cheese 300 g

Sugar 80 g

Passion fruit pulp 115 g

Gelatine powder 3 tsp

Water 4 tbsp

Method:

1. Mash the marie biscuits and mix with melted butter.

2. Press firmly in the mould.

3.Beat the fresh cream until 七分发.

4. Mix the cream cheese and sugar into a mixing bowl and melt in double boil.

5. Hand mix the cream cheese until smooth.

6. Add fresh cream into the cream cheese batter. Stir well.

7.Add in the passion fruit. Stir well.

8. Melt the gelatine powder and water in double boil.

9. Add the gelatine (while hot) into the cream cheese batter. Stir well.

10. Pour the batter into the mould. Put in fridge for 8 hrs. Serve chill.

Comments:

1. According to the initial recipe, we only need 70g passion fruit but after tasting the batter, i think it is too sweet. So we decide to add in all the passion fruit we had.

2. This is our first attempt using whipping cream (due to the bad recommendation of the storekeeper). We start to beat the whipping cream, it was pretty well in the first few mins. After leaving for a longer time. It starts to change into butter and milk (油水分离). So we use a new batch of whipping, and beat lightly using hand mixer. According to the internet, there are 3 main reasons for 油水分离, 1.产品受冻；2.搅拌过度；3.产品遇到酸性物质.The cream is recommended to store in 2-6 degree celcius, so cannot be put into the freezer even after open. The cream need to be used within one week after open.

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Brown Sugar Fa Gao

Ingredient:

self-raising flour 250g

bp 1 tsp

brown sugar 150g

egg 1

water 200ml

butter 50g

Method:

1. Melt brown sugar and water, set aside to cool.

2. double boiled the butter, set aside to cool.

3. Beat egg with fork then add into 1, sift.

4. add 3 and butter into shifted flour and bp, beat the mixer.

5. boiled the water, pour the mixture into container. Put the sugar as a "X" on the top of the mixture.

6. steam with 大火 for 15-20 mins.

Source:

chingkitchen

Notes:

1. this is the most successful recipe we have got after a few attempt. The percentage of getting a good fa gao is 100% (according to 3 attempt)

2. I like the taste of the brown sugar, its not too sweet. some pandan leaves can be added while melting the sugar to enhance the taste.

cny cookies 8 - milk sticks

Ingredient:

Plain flour 100g

sugar 10g

olive oil 25g

condensed milk 20g

milk 20g

Method:

1. Mix shifted flour and sugar, then add in olive oil, condensed milk and milk accordingly.

2. mix the mixture using hand to form a dough. ( avoid mixing for a long time)

3. Put the dough into a plastic bag and roll into a thin sheet (of ard 0.3 mm thick).

4. Put the dough in the fridge for 30 mins.

5. Cut off the plastic bag and cut the dough into sticks.

6. Put the sticks on baking tray and bake at 120 degree C for 10-15 mins.

Notes:

1. After cutting the dough, the sticks can be put into freezer, so that it is easier to move to the tray.

2. don't overbake the biscuits.The colour should be light brown instead of golden brown.

3. The olive oil can be changed to other oil. if using butter, need to be melted first.

Version 2:

海苔milky sticks

Ingredients:

Plain flour 100g

Sugar 10 g

olive oil 25g

condensed milk 20g

milk 20g

海苔粉 2tbsp

Version 3: (without condensed milk)

Ingredients:

Plain flour 100g

Sugar 10 g

olive oil 25g

milk powder 20g

milk 30g

Version 4: chessy milky sticks

Ingredients:

Plain flour 100g

Sugar 10 g

olive oil 25g

condensed milk 20g

milk 20g

cheese powder 2tbsp

cny cookies 7 - cheddar cheese cookies

Ingredient:

Butter 360g

grated cheddar cheese 200g

icing sugar 160g

flour 600g

bp 1 tsp

Method:

1. Beat butter, sugar and cheddar cheese.

2. Add in shifted flour and bp.

3. mix into a dough.

4. take out a small portion of the dough and roll into a thin sheet of 3mm

5. cut the cookies using cookies cutter.

6. put onto greased pan and bake at 170 degreeC for 15-18 mins.

Note:

1. The dough is quite soft. so it can be put in the fridge for ard 30 mins before rolled into a sheet.

2. i have decreased the sugar so that it doesn't taste too sweet.

source: http://hslingkitchen.blogspot.com

cny cookies 6 - Horlick doggy cookies

Ingredient:

Butter 200g

Horlick 80g

icing sugar 3tbsp

hk flour (can use plain flour) 200g

corn flour 25g

milk powder 25g

Decoration:

choc chip, choc rice, coco crunch

Method:

1.Beat butter n sugar, add in horlick and mix well.

2.shift in flour, plain flour n milk powder. Roll into dough.

3. Divide the dough into 10g balls. put 2 pds of coco crunch as its ears, choc chip as nose, choc rice as eyes.

Notes:

1. this cookies is 100% cute and also yummy.

2. the decoration can be varied accoding to your imagination. u can make a cat, pumpkin....

Source: potatomoon.blogspot.com

cny cookies 5 - polka dot cookies

Ingredient:

A

butter 240g

icing sugar 75g

B(stir lightly)

egg 1

C (sifted)

plain flour 240g

soda bicarbonate a pinch

D

quick oats 100g

D(slightly roasted & mix until combined)

white sesame 40g

black sesame 40g

Method:

1. Cream A until light. Add in B gradually

2. Blend in C followed by D n E.

3. Chill the mixture for ard 15 mins.

4. Roall a tsp of dough into balls. Place on baking tray and press the balls lightly to flatten them.

5. Bake at 180 degree C for 15 mins.

Adapted from: Oat Delicieux by Evelyn Lai

cny cookies 4 - cookies without recipe

These are some of the CNY cookies without recipes (as i forgotten which recipe did i follow)

1. black sesame biscuits. this is a fried biscuits/kuih. it taste like 麻花卷 but is crunchier.
3. cashew nut cookies. this is a common cny cookies and i think you can find hundreds of different recipe. this is one of them but i forgot which.

3. orange raisin crunch. This is the crunchy n crispy cookie made of orange juice and raisins

CNY cookies 3 - milky balls

Ingredient:

butter 50g

sugar 30g

egg yolk 10g

flour 50g

corn flour 50g

Method:

1. Cream butter with sugar, then add in egg yolk.

2. shift in the two type of flour and mix well.

3. divide the dough into small balls and pressed lightly on the pan.

4. bake at 160 degree C for 15 mins.

5. shift on icing sugar on the top of the cookies after they turn cool.

Reminder:

1. we had forgotten to shift on icing sugar but the cookies still taste great. i think the icing sugar will sugar improve its flavour.

source: forbidden garden

CNY cookies 2 - almond cookies

Ingredient:

a. Butter 100g

icing sugar 50g

salt 1/4 tsp

b. egg 30g

flour 150g

almond powder 25g

c. bp 1/4 tsp

egg white 15g

whole almond 50

Method:

1. Cream butter, sugar and salt.

2. add in egg and continue to beat.

3. shift in flour, almond powder and bp. fold the batter.

4. put the batter into fridge for 30 mins.

5. divide the batter into 10g balls. brush on egg white and press the almond lightly on the balls.

6. bake for 170 degree C for 25-35 mins.

Reminder:

1. We had forgotten to put the dough into fridge but the cookies still turn out alright.

2. We did rebake the cookies on the following day as we feel that they are still too soft.

Source: annie's lovely kitchen

CNY cookies 1 - Parmesan Cheese Cookies

Ingredients:

butter 60g

sugar 30g

parmesan cheese powder 35g

egg 1

low p. flour 120g

Method:

1. Beat butter, add in sugar, bet until fluffy white /light yellow batter.

2.add in egg and then cheese powder.

3. fold in flour.

4. put the dough on cling wrap, rolled into a cylinder/ rectangular cube. freeze at least 1 hr.

5. cut into 0.5 cm pcs.

6. bake at 150-160 degree C for 15-18 mins.

Note:

This one looks good but I don't like the taste as it is too sweet and you can't taste the flavour of cheese. Maybe should increase the parmesan cheese.