Syawal is here!

After a month of Ramadhan .. Syawal is here!

My hubby and I spent the nite before cleaning up the house .. we vacuumed, mopped, lay out our carpet, put two small cushions on our sofa, put the Hari Raya goodies in little containers for guests to savour .. hehehe .. and much much more ..

This is a pic of my living room .. very simple .. taken the very nite after we have cleaned the house.

Oh ya .. this is a pic of my two angels in their Hari Raya garb taken at our balcony just before we left for my mum's place yesterday.

OK .. I would like to wish all fellow Muslims - Happy Hari Raya, Minal Aidin Walfaizin!

Belated Birthday Prezzie

Oh ya .. I received some belated prezzies from two of my other sis in laws last weekend. Kak Ina gave me a Mango theme toiletries set from Body Shop and Kak Lily gave me a Victoria Secret body scrub and also a toiletries bag .. i just love the scent of these two prezzies .......... ahhhhhhhh

Thanks sistas!

Almond Hearts?!?!

Remember the Almond Cookies that I made for my mum?? I made a small batch of those for myself. This time round I used a heart shaped cookie cutter .. should I name these Almond Hearts?!?!?! .. hahaha.

The recipe can be found here.

Cornflakes Crunchies & Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies

I took half day leave today. Went to Jason's at Raffles City Mall to get some ingredients to make another Hari Raya goodie. Got back home, changed to comfy home clothes and started to make Cornflakes Crunchies. This is another recipe which I got from Resipi.net. I remembered mum used to make this cookie when I was younger.

Ingredients

105 g butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
1 egg yolk
20 g raisins, chopped and drizzle a bit of flour to avoid the raisins from sticking to each other
1 cup cornflakes, crushed

Method

Cream butter with sugar.
Add in egg yolk and continue beating till fluffy.
Add in the sifted dry ingredients, bit by bit.
Fold in raisins and crushed cornflakes.
Spoon teaspoonfuls of soft dough onto a tray.
Bake in a preheated oven at 170 c for about 20 - 25 minutes.

Well dat wasnt all, after I was done baking Cornflakes Crunchies, I made a small batch of basic Chocolate Chip Cookies too. Tihani still enjoy these the best .. hehehe

Ingredients

125 gm butter
1 cup caster sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1 cup chocolate chips (i used black and white choc chips dis time round)

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Beat butter and sugar till creamy.
Gradually add eggs, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Fold in sifted self raising flour.
Then fold in chopped milk chocolate.
Place teaspoonsfuls of mixture on a non stick pan. Ensure room for spreading.
Bake for 15 mins until cook.
Leave in pan for a couple of minutes then turn out into a wire rack to cool.

Almond Cookies

Today my patience was really being tested by my two angels. When I managed to get the younger one to take her afternoon nap, I quickly get started with the cookie making.

And today I made Almond Cookies for my mum. I got the recipe from someone who shared it at Resipidot.net. The cookies turned out really crunchy and yummy.

I brought it to mum's earlier and my sis in law tried and gave good remarks .. ;-) .. she said it was nice.

Ingredients

125 gm butter
1/3 cup caster sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
60 gm ground almond
1 1/2 cup self raising flour, sifted

almond nibs
egg yolk for washing

Method

Preheat oven to 170C
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg yolk and vanilla essence and beat again.
Then add in ground almond and self raising flour.
Roll dough and cut into desired shape using a cookie cutter.
Brush with egg yolk.
Bake for about 15 minutes.
Cool and then keep in air tight container.

Cheesy Stars

Today is Saturday so I only work for half a day. I went straight home after work, cleaned the house a lil and then start making cookies. I made Cheese Cookies today using a star shaped cookie cutter, hence naming it Cheesy Stars.

Ingredients

125 gm butter

1 2/3 cup flour

50 gm cornflour

125 gm cheese, grated

1 small egg, beaten

pinch of salt

Method

Preheat oven to 160C.

Mix both flours together with salt.
Add butter using rub-in-method.
Then add in the grated cheese and mix well.
Lastly add a beaten egg.
Roll dough and cut into desired shape using a cookie cutter.
Brush with egg yolk.
Bake for about 25 - 25 mins or till golden brown.

Chocolate Coated Cornflakes

Tonite I made for my mum Suji Cookies - recipe posted on 8 Oct.

My sis came at about 9pm to lend me a helping hand and we both made another easy peasy stuff, i.e. Chocolate Coated Cornflakes. The recipe given below is for a small batch. My sis and I made twice as much as the recipe given below.

Ingredients

250gm coating chocolate (i used Tulip brand)
150gm cornflakes (i used Nestle brand)
hundreds and thousand for sprinkling
paper cups

Method

Melt coating chocolate using double boil method.
Once it has melted, put in the cornflakes and mix well.
Spoon into paper cups and sprinkle with hundreds and thousands.
Air dry and then keep in an airtight container.

White Choco Pops

Yesterday, I continued with my cookie making project for Eid. To be frank, I was still feeling super lazy to bake anything. I made something tho, i.e. White Choco Pops. Another super easy stuff to make. I think even my angel can make them with eyes closed .. hehehe .. ahhhhhhhh .. wat the heck .. I told ya .. I havent any mood to bake yet!

Ingredients

220gm choco pops
400gm white couverture chocolate
chocolate rice
paper cups

Method

Melt white chocolate couverture using double boil method.
Once white choc has melted, pour in the choco pops and mix well.
Spoon mixture into paper cups.
Sprinkle top with chocolate rice.
Air dry or may be put in fridge for choc to dry.

Suji Cookies

Today is the 15th day of Ramadhan. I am down and out .. the flu bug kept hitting on me .. sigh ..
It kinda dampen my spirit but I try to be strong. Syawal will come in 2 weeks' time and we will be celebrating Hari Raya Eidilifitri.

Wats Hari Raya without the goodies rite? So today, I made a small batch of Suji Cookies. My mum taught me to make this and it is really easy to make - only 4 ingredients.

Ingredients

150g ghee (dats a small tin of ghee)
a tin of caster sugar (use the same ghee tin to measure)
self raising flour, sifted (just enough to form a firm dough)
a pinch of salt

Method

Preheat oven to 170C.
Cream ghee and sugar.
Then add a pinch of salt and mix well.
Lastly, add enough flour, mix till mixture forms a firm dough.
Shape mixture into marble like rounds and place on non stick tray.
Bake for 25 mins or until the top of the cookies start to crack.
Leave cookies in tray for a couple of minutes before turning it out to cool on a wire tray.