Sugee

Chinese New Year is just 3 weeks away...I started my cookies production yesterday with butter cookies and today I baked Sugee. This Sugee recipe is my Mom's favorite. The texture of this Sugee are 酥  while the texture of Suji I made previously are more crunchy and harder...I tripled this recipe as I'm giving some to my friends. Do try out this recipe for the coming CNY :)

The recipe is as follows:-

Ingredients:-
150g Ghee
75g Icing Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1/4 Tsp of Salt
1/2 Tsp of Vanilla Essence (I omitted this)
200g Plain Flour
40g Grounded Almond Powder
1 Tsp Baking Powder


Directions:-
1. Using a table mixer to beat ghee and icing sugar until light yellow in colour. Add in egg yolk, vanilla essence and salt and mix until well combined.

2. Add in sifted flour, baking powder and grounded almond powder. Mix until a dough is formed.

3. Roll into small balls of 8g each and place each ball in the baking cases.

4. Bake at 140 degree for 15-20 mins.

5. Remove from oven and let cool before storing into air tight containers.

Hope you like this recipe :)

Butter Cookies

This butter cookies recipes is a very easy recipe. A very very nice recipe, butter cookies lovers must try this recipe. My family and colleagues said these butter cookies are very nice! Crispy and very buttery taste!

Baked Butter Cookies

Piped using a star nozzle

Freshly out from the oven

Recipe:-

Ingredients:-

250g Butter

155g Sugar

1 Egg

384g Flour

1/2 tsp Salt

Directions:-

1. Using an eletric mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg.

2. Combine the flour and salt. Add into the butter and sugar dough. Mix until well combined.

3. Transfer the batter into a piping bag with star nozzle. Pipe the dough on the baking tray (No need to brush any butter on the tray).

4. Bake at 140 degree until cookies is cook or turn brown.

5. Done!

Hope your enjoyed this recipe!  :)

Suji

Forgotten where I got this recipe...but I remember somewhere from one of the blog. I like the taste of this Suji, chruchy texture...Mum said that it is too hard for her...she like those melt in the mouth texture...my colleague said that starting the first bite they felt these Suji are abit hard but after the whole cookie went into their mouth, they said it is quite good and nice.

My container of Suji cookies

Before these cuties go into the oven

After baked, they will increase in size

Great for Chinese New Year :)

Recipe as follows:-

Ingredients:-

150g ghee

2 1/2 cups flour (add more flour if the dough is too soft)

1 cup icing sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:-

1. Using a wooden spatula, cream ghee with icing sugar until well combined.

2. Add the sifted flour and salt abit by abit until all is used up.

3. Using a spoon and take the same amount of dough (small balls) and roll into rounds. Place each ball in small papercups if you want or just place on the baking tray.

4. Bake in the oven for 140 degree for about 20-25 mins. (Depending on individual oven).

5. Remove from oven and done!

This recipe is very easy. Do try this recipe :)

Corn Flakes Cookies

This recipe was given to me by my Mum. We will always have this cookies baked for every year's Chinese New Year. It is easy and a nice recipe. For corn flakes lover out there, you have to try this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 Piece of butter (250grams)
8oz Flour (I find 8oz not enough, I always add abit more of the flour so that the batter is not so soggy)
7.5oz Sugar
4 Egg yolks
4 Bowls of corn flakes (Using hands to crush the corn flakes into smaller bits)

Directions:
1. Using a table mixer to beat the butter and sugar until batter become nearly white in colour.

2. Add in the egg yolks and continue to beat until batter is well coporated.

3. Add in flour, mix well.

4. Add in corn flakes and mix well.

5. With the help of 2 metal teaspoons, scoop around 1 & a half teaspoons of batter and place it on the baking tray. Shape in flat, round shape. (See picture).

6. Bake at 140 degree. Let the cookies cool completely before storing in containers.