Cornflakes with Chocolate Chips Cookies

This is another one of my favourite to-bake cookies for the Chinese New Year or even just for normal consumption - Cornflakes with Chocolate Chips Cookies. I have been having this recipe since the schooling days, so long ago that I can't remember the source of the recipe. Anyhow, this is a recipe that is worth sharing. Cornflakes with Chocolate Chips Cookies Cornflakes with Chocolate Chips Cookies What You'll Need: 210g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 225g butter 200g caster sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence 2...

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Buttery Bread Rolls

I have to admit, I am not a huge fan of bread. But since the kiddos like eating them, I will just make what they like. So here I am, searching for different types of bread and bun recipes every now and then. These buttery bread rolls are just simply awesome. Especially when they are just out fresh from the oven!The aroma is just oh-so-nice.  Buttery Bread Rolls  And the texture is soft & fluffy too. Making it living up to its 5-star rating reviews. Buttery Bread Rolls as seen in www.food.com What...

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Chinese Walnut Cookies / Hup Toh Sow (合桃酥)

CNY is round the corner and that means I have to start thinking of what to bake besides cleaning up and decorating the house. Last year I tasted some good Chinese Walnut Cookies from Australia Cake House in Seapark, so I've decided to bake some this year. If I couldn't get any good recipe of it, I will just have to buy from them. After searching on the WWW,  I came across this simple recipe and decided to try it out. It took me 2 rounds of testing & tweaking before I finally get the aromatic taste and "loose" and crunchy...

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Vanilla Sugar Cookies

A good activity to kill time during the weekends with your toddler: Cookies making. :) K-boy decorating the cookies to Xmas theme The X-mas theme cookies Vanilla Sugar Cookies (as seen in foodnetwork.com) Yield approx 12 3-inch cookies What You'll Need: 2 1/3 cups plus 2 tbsp (11 oz) All purpose flour 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Baking Powder 3/4 cup Unsalted butter 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp (4 oz) Granulated sugar  1 Large egg 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract   How? 1. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt,...

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Non-bake Tiramisu

Tiramisù. equivalent to (tira) pick + (mi) me + (sù) up It's a popular Italian dessert made of ladyfingers (Italian: Savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with liquor and cocoa. A friend, Sharon P, shared her recipe of tiramisu in one of the forums that I've joined and few other forummers who have tried this simply loved it and gave two thumbs up. So, I've decided to make this as it's one of my mom's favourite dessert. This is really an...

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Homemade Pizza

With a bread maker at home now, I can toy with the idea of making homemade pizza. Searched for the dough recipe online, and found a recipe in www.food.com.   And ta-dah! Here's my first attempt of homemade pizza with 2 flavours - salmon & mushrooms with tomato base for the kids; Beef, capsicum & mushrooms with tomato base for us adults. It's so easy to make that K-boy enjoyed helping out!   Salmon & Mushroom for the kids Beef, Capsicum & Mushroom for us    Pizza Dough for Bread Machine What...

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