Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Custard Cookies with Strawberry Jam

Ingredients:
300g Butter
140g Icing sugar
2       Egg Yolk
1tsp  Vanilla essence

Mix and sift the dry ingredient well :
240g Flour
100g Corn flour
160g Custard powder

120g Strawberry Jam

Method:
1) Mix the butter and icing sugar for about 1-2 minutes.
2) Add-in egg yolk 1 at a time, vanilla essence then mix for
    another 2 minutes.
3) Lastly, add-in the dry ingredients and continue
    mix with low speed till combined. It well become a very soft dough.
4) Rest for about 20 minutes before mould it.
5) Drop a little jam in the center of the cookies.
6) Bake for 23 minutes at 160 degree Celsius in the middle of the oven.

NOTES:
If prefer to have a crunchy cookies texture, bake for 25 minutes instead.

Yield : 3 small rounded transparent containers
Time : 2 hours
Cost : RM8/ container

Monday, 12 January 2015

Chocolate Chips Cookies

Ingredients:
250g Butter
110g Castor Sugar
110g Brown Sugar
1 Egg (AA size)
1 Egg Yolk (AA size)
2 tsp Vanilla essence
1/2 tsp Salt

Dry ingredients:
250g Flour
11/2 tsp Baking powder
4 tbsp Coco powder
250g-330g Chocolate chips (depending on individual preference)

Optional:
100g-120g Nuts (baked & coarsely chopped)

Method:
1) Cream butter, castor sugar and brown sugar.
2) Gradually add in egg and egg yolk then vanilla essence.
3) Mixed all the dry ingredients well before fold into it; except chocolate chips.
4) Lastly, add in chocolate chips and nuts till well combined.
5) Bake for 20 - 23 minutes at 180 degree Celsius.

Notes:
If only chocolate chips, reduce sugar to 95g each type. Baking time only 20 minutes.

Yield : 2 containers
Preparation time : 2 hours