Cookies, anyone?
I bought a cookie book from Bras Basah Complex yesterday afternoon. It is a Chinese cookbook that is published in Taiwan. There are lots of nice photos with yummy-looking cookies in it and I just couldn't put it down! After spending the whole evening reading through the book, I knew that I just have to bake some cookies right away!
I decided to give myself a little challenge, by baking as many types of cookies as possible within one afternoon. I thought I can manage three at best, but I'd try to squeeze in some time for the forth cookies.
The amount of ingredients called for in each recipe is small. I reckoned each type of cookie can be fit in one baking tray. I was right, I didn't spend time baking the same type of cookies twice. Also, with careful planning, I managed to save some time by preparing the cookies in the right sequence. The whole cookies-baking frenzy ended in 5 hours time!
Scroll down to see how many types of cookies that I've baked! ;-)
1) Cookies with apple in caramel
2) Coffee bars
3) Cookies with almond flakes and raspberry jam
4) Yam cookies
By the way, I've changed the look of my blog! I wanted to move away from the typical (or boring?) look of Blogger template, but I'm completely clueless when it comes to web designing. So I seek help from my sister-in-law, J who then created this cool-looking header (Thanks, J!). As for the photos, they were taken with the kitchen utensils that I have at home together with some fresh flowers!
I decided to give myself a little challenge, by baking as many types of cookies as possible within one afternoon. I thought I can manage three at best, but I'd try to squeeze in some time for the forth cookies.
The amount of ingredients called for in each recipe is small. I reckoned each type of cookie can be fit in one baking tray. I was right, I didn't spend time baking the same type of cookies twice. Also, with careful planning, I managed to save some time by preparing the cookies in the right sequence. The whole cookies-baking frenzy ended in 5 hours time!
Scroll down to see how many types of cookies that I've baked! ;-)
1) Cookies with apple in caramel
2) Coffee bars
3) Cookies with almond flakes and raspberry jam
4) Yam cookies
By the way, I've changed the look of my blog! I wanted to move away from the typical (or boring?) look of Blogger template, but I'm completely clueless when it comes to web designing. So I seek help from my sister-in-law, J who then created this cool-looking header (Thanks, J!). As for the photos, they were taken with the kitchen utensils that I have at home together with some fresh flowers!
Comments
The cookies all look great. Were the coffee bars a shortbread type of cookie?
I love those chinese recipe bks and I always flick through them at the bookshop. Sadly I can't read Mandarin so I content myself with the pictures. The cookies look great. I bet you're now having a great time munching them for snacks.
Glad that you like the new look!
The coffees bars were a cross between biscotti and shortbread. The texture was smoother than biscotti but it was harder than shortbread.
Hi Boo_licious,
Thanks for the compliment.
Some of the chinese cookbooks are great. Even though I can read chinese, but since taiwanese uses different terms for certain ingredients, sometimes I have problem understanding the recipe as well. :-P
Hi DSD, thanks! :-)
Cool new header, Piggy! J did a great job designing it. :)
The coffee bars were as hard as biscotti but the texture was smoother.
Btw, thanks for dropping by! :-)
Bon