Lebaran Treats For Mak and MIL!

Morning everyone! Am huffing and puffing! It's 10 days more in Ramadhan, and Syawal will make it's appearance....and....I'm way behind schedule...and all my cookies are now gone!Happy that they are gone to loved ones who dropped by with all sorts of cookies and goodies, so, the cookies were my gifts to them....

So, here's some cookies that I made last weekend...thought I'd share with you, in case you might want to try one or two or all recipes, haha!.....by the way, the theme for my Lebaran cookies and bakes this year is mat salleh...or so I perasan, haha!

Melting Moments with Lemon and Lavender

250g butter, I used SCS

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 1/2 cups APF

1/2 cup cornflour

1 tsp lemon zest, I added

1 tsp ground organic dried lavender , I added

1.Preheat oven at 150C, line baking trays with baking paper, I used Silpat.

2.Beat butter, extract, sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy, add lemon zest and lavender.

3.Add sifted APF and cornflour in 3 additions, do not stir just fold in to just mixed.

4.With floured hands, roll rounded teaspoons of dough. Place on baking tray, and flatten with fork

5.Bake for about 15 minutes.

Loved the aroma, loved the taste, melt in the mouth kind of cookies!

Source: Australian Women's Weekly Biscuits and Macarons 

Almost Famous KG...ooops....Amos Choc Chip

250g butter, I used SCS

200g light brown sugar

1/2 tsp coffee oil....tq Rima for bringing mine!

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cups oats, I used nestum...yums!

1/4 cups ground almond, I used 1/2 cups

1/2 cup nuts, I didn't use

2 cups choc chip, I used Bagus' dark choc chip

300g self raising flour

1.At least 2 hours before, or overnight infuse coffee oil, and vanilla into egg, and leave in the fridge.

2.Preheat oven at 150C, prepare baking trays. I used Silpat....so loving them made my baking so much easier.

3.Beat butter and sugar, until light...I used my wooden spatula. Beat in the egg, coffee oil and vanilla mixture.

4.Stir in the nestum, nuts, choc chip. Fold in flour. The batter is not too stiff, neither wet.....you can actually use your fingers to scoop and mold the batter. I used 2 teaspoons!

5. Bake for about 15 mins!

Source: Rima...member ketat di seberang!

Pierre Hermes Viennese Choc Sables, Biskut Hitam-Hitam Sitampuk Manis Macam Saya!

250g butter, I used SCS

100g icing sugar

1g Fleur DeSel

30g cocoa powder, I used Valrhona, tqs Rima, tlg bawakkan!

260g APF

3 tbsp egg white

1.Preheat oven at 160C, prepare baking trays.

2.Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, set aside.

3.Whsik butter till creamy, and pale....make sure butter is soft before doing this, else your cookie will be hard, kejung!

4.Add in icing sugar and Fleur deSel...the flower of salt, ngehngeh!...I got mine from the UK Bakery..the owners are French!

5.Add in flour, coacoa powder, pipe the dough of prepared baking tray.

6.Bake the cookies for abt 12 mins.

Source: Rima...member ketat di seberang yang tak reti dok diam!

....the house smelled nice with the mixture of the aromas from lemon, lavender and cocoa and coffee oil....

......more bakings this weekend, peeps!

Yup! I don't do orders in Ramadhan, but this one I had to oblige, a request from a teacher for her school children's Ramadhan treat....Pandan Pineapple Macarons, Chocolate Snicker Bars Macarons (new), Vanilla Passion Fruit Macarons, Raspberry Raspberry Ganache Macarons...about 50 of them, tq Teacher Alia!errr....some baked on Mastrad, some on Silpat, some used fresh egg whites, some used aged egg whites, some baked on a rainy night, some baked on a dry night...can you tell the difference, take a guess...muahhhaaa! Have a beautiful baking weekend peeps!