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Finally, crunchy chocolate cookies!

Adapted from the same Vivian Pang recipe which I used for the chocolate chip cookies. This is definitely my go-to recipe for crunchy cookies in future!

Ingredients

• 125g salted butter
• 120g brown sugar
• 1 egg + 1 tsp vanilla essence (lightly beaten)
• 210g plain flour
• 40g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 120g semi-sweet chocolate chips
• handful of coarsely chopped walnuts

Steps

1. Whisk the plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder together to remove lumps and ensure that it's well mixed
2. Add in the chocolate chips and walnuts into the flour mixture and mix well
3. Cream butter + sugar till light and fluffy
4. Add in the egg/vanilla mixture and beat till well mixed
5. Add in 3/4 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture and beat at low speed till well incorporated
6. Add in the remaining of the flour mixture and beat till low speed till well incorporated
7. Pre-heat the oven to 170 degree celsius
8. Line the baking tray with grease paper
9. Using 2 spoons, drop spoonfuls of the cookie doughs onto the baking tray, leaving about 1.5 cm distance between each cookie
10. Bake for 25 minutes
11. Transfer to cooling rack and let it cool completely before storing into airtight container

Makes about 40 cookies.

Crunchy, buttery chocolate chip cookies

Recipe courtesy of here, but I halved it for about 70 cookies and used all brown sugar instead. I'm gonna stick to this recipe in future :)

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cny almond cookies *LOVE*

An attempt to replicate that salty, almondy, crunchy melt-in-mouth almond cookies which I've always loved to devour during CNY and yes, i can make my own in future liao! It is really that same taste! *LOVE*

Recipe taken from Jess Kitchen

Ingredients
150g self raising flour
80g icing sugar (reduced to 60g)
80g ground almond
80g diced almonds
100g corn oil (replaced with canola oil)
1/2 tsp almond essence (omitted)
Egg yolk for brushing (omitted)

Method

1. Sift together flour and icing sugar, add in ground almond and diced almonds, mix well.
2. Mix (1) and corn oil together to form a soft dough. (the dough will come together when you roll them so don't worry about it being crumbly)
3. Shape into small round balls and place into small paper casing and press it slightly.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 15-20mins or until slightly brown.
5. Cool completely on wire rack before storing into airtight containers.

scrumplicious orange cranberry muffins

Adapted my own version from here and I simply love these muffins with the burst of orange and cranberry flavors with every bite!

• 60 grams of salted butter
  
• 50 grams of caster sugar
  
• 1 egg
  
• 80 grams of flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 5 tablespoons of unsweetened 100% all natural orange juice
• suitable amount of dried cranberries

1. heat the orange juice and dried cranberries over the stove till warm and remove from fire
   
2. cream the butter & sugar until pale and fluffy
3. add the egg to butter-sugar mixture and beat till creamy
4. sift in the flour & baking powder into the butter mixture and mix until just combined
5. add in the cranberry mixture and mix lightly
6. spoon into muffin pan and bake at 170C until golden brown

Makes 12 mini muffins

mini chocolate lava cakes!

A 200% keeper from Paula Deen (below is the actual ingredients i used)

• 120g of mini chocolate chips
• 120g of salted butter
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200C
   
2. Melt chocolates and butter in the microwave or in a double boiler. Add flour and sugar to chocolate mixture. Stir in eggs until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Divide batter evenly among a muffin pan
   
3. Bake for 8 minutes. Edges should be firm but the center will be runny. Run a knife around the edge to loosen and invert onto dessert plate.
4. Top with vanilla ice cream or raspberry sauce. (Topping optional).

Makes 17 mini muffins

mini banana walnut cakes

I love the bite-size and this is amazingly moist and flavorful! Thanks to food network

• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature (i omitted this)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (i used 3/4 tablespoon)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for preparing the pan (i used canola oil)
• 1 cup sugar (i reduced it to 1/4 cup white sugar + 1/4 cup brown sugar)
• 3 very ripe bananas, peeled, and mashed with a fork (about 1 cup) (i used 2 large bananas)
  
• 1/2 cup toasted walnut pieces

Makes 16 mini muffins

easy chewy fudgy brownies!

I halved this recipe for a 9x9 inch pan, also reduced the sugar to 160g instead of 200g. And it turned out to be as the title says - chewy & fudgy brownies! <3

baking love

Been busy trying out various recipes. Some successful, some not quite...nonetheless i am still very much on the lookout for easy and yummy recipes!

1. German Cookies (9/10 Yummilicious!). Recipe courtesy of Small Small Baker. Flavors I tried - original butter, chocolate & coffee walnut. I still like the original buttery ones best :D




2. New York Cheesecake. Uber easy recipe from my cousin's friend

Ingredients
3 cream cheese, total 750 g (philadelphia)
0.5 cup sugar
Butter (approx 125 g)
3 eggs
Biscuits (15 pcs) - either Plain soda or digestive

Steps
Crust :
Crumble the biscuits
mix biscuits with butter (on hot pan) until well blended
transfer above ingredients onto pan and press firm
bake for 10 mins at 180 DegC
remove from oven and set aside to cool

Cheese cake :
Defrost the cream cheese until soft (room temperature)
Mix sugar and cream cheese until well blended (in one direction)
Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat till well-blended

Pour ingredients (B) onto crust (A) using an 8-inch springform pan
Bake for at least 40 mins (preheat oven to 350F / 180 DegC
remove cheese cake from oven , leave to cool
Refrigerate for 6 hours, before serving

3. Really really really fluffy homemade pancakes! Courtesy of the chef with the sexy voice - Chef John of FoodWishes