GO DELICIOUS...........home made

I love the spirit of baking cookies for Chinese New Year, hence I will bake cookies during dedicated festivals or only during Chinese New Year. Pamper the family or entertain our guest with selected home made cookies is a true labour of love. I have few simple cookies to share with you. It is easy and you should have no problem putting things together to impress your family and friends. Simple cookies can be quality cookies bake from home. You can try. Have fun and good luck!!

Pineapple Tart (Nastar)

Ingredients: 360gm flour / 20gm milk powder (sieved) keep aside. 200gm butter / 50gm shortening / 50gm icing sugar cream in a mixer lightly, add in 1 egg yoke till smooth, fold in sieved flour and mix well. Use a piping nozzle to pipe out into strip, wrap in pineapple jam then roll it up. Arrange on lined or greased tray and glaze surfaces. Bake in preheated oven at 180 C

until lightly brown. Cool well before storage.

Butter Cookies
(A) 226gm butter / 140gm icing sugar (B) 1 egg yoke (C) 300gm flour. For decoration: chocolate chips. - Method: Beat ingredient A in a mixer. Add in B and mix well. Fold in C and stir well to form a soft dough. Fit a piping bag with a nozzle. Spoon mixture into bag and pipe cookies on lined baking tray. Place a piece of chocolate chips on top. Bake cookies in preheated oven at 170C for 15-20 minutes. Remove and cool well.


Cashew Nut Cookies

[Ingredients] (A) 225gm butter/200gm castor sugar/pitch of salt. (B) 1 egg. (C) 320gm flour/60gm corn flour/1 tsp baking powder (shieved) 80gm ground cashew nut. Some cashew nuts for topping.~~ Method: Combine A in a mixer and blend briefly. Add in B and mix well. Fold in C to form a soft dough. Put dough between sheets of plastic, roll out flat. Use cookie cutter and cut out cookies. Arrange cookies on lined baking tray. Glaze surface and lightly press decoration over the top. Bake in preheated oven at 180 C until lightly browned. Remove and cool well.

Almond Cookies

[Ingredients] 300gm flour/ 100gm almond nibs(toasted)/ 1/2 tsp baking powder/ 1/2 tsp baking soda/ 100gm almond powder/ 100gm icing sugar/ pitch of salt/ 200ml oil. Decoration: Almond flakes ~~ Method: Combine all ingredients to form a soft dough. Put dough between sheets of plastic roll out flat. Use cookie cutter to stamp out shape required. Arrange cookies in lined baking tray and glaze surface. Press almond flakes in the centre of each cookies. Bake in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Removrd and cool well.

Almond Flakes Thins

Ingredients: 120gm baked almond flakes and adequate FLORENTINER

Mehtod: Place a very thin layer of baked almond flakes on lined baking tray, sprinkle a smooth layer of Florentiner( basic mixture for bienestich and florentiner) on roasted almond. Bake in preheated at 160 C for 10-15 minutes. Remove and cut ot size immediately.