Laksaware recipes

Easter Tres Leche Cake

2011-04-23T14:45:00.005-04:00

Bake 1 box of Betty Crocker Butter Cake Mix (follow directions on box) in a 13 x 9 pan
Remove cake from oven and poke holes all over cake using a fork.

Then whisk :
12 oz evaporated milk
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup heavy cream

And pour over cake.

Topping :
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 tablespoon sugar

Whip until soft peaks form.
Spread over cake
Top with coconut flakes (or fresh fruit).

For Easter, I decorated the cake with Marshmallow peeps.
And the template for the cupcake topper can be found here.

Sweet Potato Casserole

2010-12-24T11:37:00.001-05:00

This is one of the dishes at Thanksgiving :

6 cups mashed, cooked sweet potatoes
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup whole milk
1/2 tsp salt
Mix using stand mixer with wire whisk attachment to catch any sweet potato
strings. Place in casserole dish.

Topping
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans

Toast pecans in small amount of butter in small fry pan.
Mix all topping ingredients and put on top of potato mixture.

May refrigerate and cook when needed at 350 degrees until hot. About 30 to
45 min.

Summer Pasta Salad

2010-06-25T19:28:00.004-04:00

Cherry tomatoes (sliced)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp onion powder
Pepper to taste
1/4 tsp basil
1 cup cooked pasta (your choice)
1 can of corn
1/2 cup of cooked shelled edamame
1/4 cup of sliced olives
1/2 cup of feta cheese
Dash of oregano
Dash of rosemary
Bacon bits (optional)

Mix olive oil, lemon juice and herbs and spices.
Toss tomatoes in the olive oil mixture. Let stand at room temperature atleast 30 minutes for tomatoes to release its juices, tossing occasionally.

Stir in pasta and other ingredients. Toss.

Serve or refrigerate up to 1 day.

Milkway cookies

2010-02-16T12:58:00.004-05:00

My friend, Sonia, shared this recipe with me. It is popular during the Chinese New Year season.

Ingredients:
100 grams rolled oats
125 grams corn flour
250 grams all-purpose flour
225 grams fine granulated sugar
2 tablespoons custard powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
250 grams butter
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla essence
milk powder & icing sugar (3 parts milk powder : 1 part sugar)(I made do without this because I did not have any milk powder in the pantry and it was snowing outside so a trip to the grocery store was just too much trouble)

Sift the dry ingredients together.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in vanilla essence and egg yolks. Mix well.
Add in oats and flour and form into a dough.
Roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter.
Bake in 350F for about 10-15 minutes.
Lightly dust with powdered sugar and milk powder when cookie is cooled to room temperature.

Kuih Kemboja / Kuih Bakar

2010-02-16T12:24:00.005-05:00

This famous Malaysian delicacy is usually found in most Pasar Malams (Night Markets). It is usually made in a flower shaped mold (Photo on the right belongs to http://kampungboycitygal.blogspot.com), hence the name Kuih Kemboja (Kemboja is a type of fragrant flower)
Well, since I do not have that flower-shaped mold, I used muffin pans instead.
I found the recipe from My Kitchen Snippets and modified it a little bit.

Ingredients :
1 cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups coconut milk
4 large eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp pandan paste + 1 cup of water (mixed together)
sesame seeds

Preheat oven to 325 F and grease the muffin pans lightly.
Beat eggs and sugar until sugar dissolves, but not fluffy.
Mix pandan paste, water into coconut milk. Stir.
Add in the flour and coconut milk mixture alternately into the egg and sugar mixture.
Combine it well.
Pour batter into muffin pan (3/4 full)
Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.
Bake for about 30 minutes until the edges are lightly brown and skewer comes out clean.
It should be very easy to remove from the muffin pan.
I also tried this similar recipe from Auntie Lily :
3 large eggs
1 can (400ml) coconut cream
50 ml water
1/2 tsp pandan paste
4 ozs all-purpose flour
4 ozs fine granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
sesame seeds
Method:

Preheat oven to 350 f. and put in cast-iron pan for heating.

Beat eggs and sugar till sugar dissolves and not fluffy.

Mix pandan paste and water to coconut cream.

Add in flour and coconut cream mixture alternately to the egg and sugar mixture.

Microwave batter until it thickens slightly.

Brush heated pan with a little oil and pour batter , sprinkle with sesame seeds and put to bake for 45 - 55 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool before serving.

Both recipes turned out well.

Royal Icing for Sugar Cookies

2010-01-21T16:56:00.003-05:00

Royal Icing is a pure white icing that dries to a smooth, hard, matte finish.

3 egg whites (or meringue powder)
1 lb confectioners' sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp almond extract or vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat on medium high for a full 10 minutes. Icing will become thick and glossy. Keep covered with a damp cloth while using, removing small portions to a separate bowl as needed. Tint if desired. Can be thinned by adding few drops of water.

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

2010-01-21T16:46:00.004-05:00

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup softened butter
3 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg yolk (reserve the white)
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

In a large bowl, combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, extracts and egg yolk.
Blend well.
Stir in flour until well blended
Chill dough for 2 hours
Pre-heat oven to 376 F

Dust rolling surface with flour. Roll out dough, one third at a time to about 1/8 inch thick.
Cut into desired shape with cookie cutter.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Brush with egg white (if desired) and sprinkle with colored sugar(optional)
Bake 7-10 minutes or until lightly golden brown.

Can be decorated with royal icing (See recipe here)

Picture below shows a variety of cookies made using the same sugar cookie dough.
1) Added with chocolate chips
2) Placed an almond on top
3) Dusted with powdered sugar (added a little bit of green coloring into the dough)
4) Added some crushed graham cracker crust and oats

Creme de Menthe Chocolate Chip cookies

2010-01-21T16:33:00.003-05:00

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter (softened)
2 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons mint liqueur (I replaced it with mint extract)
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups mint chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 F
In a large bowl, mix together the butter and both sugars until smooth.
Beat in eggs, stir in the mint extract.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt. Stir into the egg mixture.
Mix in the chocolate chips.
Drop dough by heaping teaspoonsfuls into ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
Allow to cool (5 minutes), transfer to a wire rack.

Potato chips (in the microwave)

2009-09-28T21:05:00.003-04:00

Here's a slightly healthier way to make potato chips without having to deep-fry them.
Slice potatoes really thin, dry them using a paper towel and place them on a microwavable plate.
Spray the potatoes lightly with cooking spray. Sprinkle with salt.
Microwave them for 3 minutes on high. Check. And microwave for another 2-3 minutes. It should be lightly crisp.
(Careful, plate will be hot)

Curry Puffs

2009-05-21T15:38:00.003-04:00

The original recipe requires you to deep-fry the puffs. I modified this using my mom's short-crust pastry and baked them in the oven.

Pastry ingredients:
4 oz butter (soften)
8 oz flour
some cold water
a dash of salt

Mix the flour, salt and butter into a bread crumbs texture. Slowly add in some cold water (a tablespoon at a time). Knead until it forms into a dough.
Set aside in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Curry puff filling:
5 tbsp oil
1 onion finely chopped
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 cup diced chicken meat
2 large potatoes (boiled and diced)
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt

Fry onion, add spices.
Then add chicken and cook for about 5 minutes.
Leave aside to cool

Preheat oven to 375F

Roll out the pastry dough into approx. 1/4 inch thick.
I use a curry puff mold. Or you can cut the dough into circles.
Place some curry chicken ingredients in the center and shape it into a puff, pinching the sides to seal.

Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Lightly brush some egg yolk on top of each puff.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the top looks golden brown.
Serve warm.

Agar Agar

2009-05-20T13:31:00.004-04:00

2 tbsp agar agar powder
sugar (adjust to taste)
5 cups of water
pandan juice
green food coloring

Boil all the ingredients until agar agar has dissolved
Pour into molds or into a pyrex dish
Let it cool and store in the fridge for atleast 12 hours before cutting

Here, I used a cookie cutter to cut into shapes.

Kuih Bingka Ubi

2009-05-20T13:05:00.003-04:00

Ingredients :
1 lb grated cassava (tapioca)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup coconut cream (and 1 tbsp for glazing)
1/2 stick of butter
2 large eggs
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 375F
Grease a 7 x 7 baking dish (or 6x6 tin)
Mix all the ingredients in a pot and boil over low heat until mixture thickens, stirring constantly.
Pour into the greased baking dish
Bake for 30 minutes
Glaze the top with coconut cream and broil until golden brown
Cool completely before cutting into pieces.

Sweet Potato Onde-Onde

2009-05-20T12:26:00.005-04:00

This is a local Malaysian delicacy. It is sticky on the outside with the sweet sensation of oozing gula melaka syrup inside. Gula Melaka (or Gula Jawa) is made from the sap of the coconut tree and boiled down into a golden brown paste. It is usually sold in tubes or in blocks, and tastes similar to brown sugar.

Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes (boiled/steamed, peeled and mashed)
2 cups glutinous rice flour
3 tbsp pandan juice
Warm water

Filling:
Chopped up gula melaka bits

Coating:
Freshly grated coconut (I use frozen grated coconut found in the Asian Grocery stores)

Mix the mashed sweet potatoes, pandan juice and rice flour well. Add some water and knead until a stiff dough consistency is formed. Add more rice flour if needed.
Form the dough into small balls. Make a well in the center and fill it with some gula melaka.
Roll it up again into a ball, making sure the gula melaka is sealed well inside.

Put the balls into boiling water. When the balls float to the surface, remove them with a slotted ladle and roll it in the grated coconut.

Serve

BBQ Pork (Char Siu) pastries

2009-02-02T20:10:00.006-05:00

Ingredients :
Pork (country ribs)
Char Siu sauce
Kicap manis
Oil for stir-fry
Green peas

Mix Char siu sauce and kicap manis together. And marinate pork for atleast 48 hours.
Prepare a deep baking dish (fill with 1/2 inch of water) , place a metal rack on top of baking dish.
Place marinated pork on the rack and bake for 25 minutes on 400F. (save marinate for glazing)
Take pork out and turn them over. Brush with marinate. And bake again for another 20 minutes.
Repeat one more time.

Take pork out and wrap in aluminum foil for about 20 minutes.
Carefully remove foil and chop the Char Siu up into tiny pieces. (or chop in a food processor)

In a hot skillet, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Add chopped Char Siu and green peas. And stir-fry for about 5 minutes.
You may add 2 tablespoons of water if you feel it is too dry. And 1 tablespoon of kicap manis.
Keep aside.

Preheat oven 375F

Prepare short-crust pastry. If I am in a hurry (or lazy) I usually buy the ready-made Pillsbury short-crust pastry.
Roll it out, and using a round circle cookie cutter, cut a few circles.

Place one teaspoon of Char Siu filling into the center of a circle. Place another circle on top. Press to seal. I use a fork to make the pattern all around. Brush with egg yolk.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve warm.

Cheat sheet: You can also buy some cooked BBQ pork from a Chinese take-out and chop them up and stir-fry with green peas for the filling.

Recipe for Short-Crust Pastry :
http://www.helpwithcooking.com/pastry-guide/shortcrust-pastry.html

Easy Orange Cake

2009-01-25T21:11:00.004-05:00

If you're in a hurry and need to bring something to a party, here's a super easy (and moist and light) cake recipe.

You will need :

1 box of Duncan Hines white moist cake mix (Do NOT add in the other ingredients as directed on the box)
1 can of soda (I usually use Sunkist orange)

Combine cake mix and can of soda.
Pour into a 13x9 baking dish
Bake according to instructions on the box.

For topping :
Dust with powdered sugar
or decorate with cool whip.

In this picture, I put little dollops of coolwhip using a ziplock bag as an icing bag. And add a slice of mandarin orange (canned) on top.

Deviled eggs

2008-12-14T20:44:00.005-05:00

Tips :
Use eggs that are a week or two old for easier peeling.
Rest eggs sideways on the egg tray for atleast one day so that the egg yolks will be centered.
Take eggs out from the fridge atleast half an hour before cooking them.

Place eggs in a large pot. Fill with water. Sprinkle with some salt. Cover pot with tight-fitting lid. Boil.
As soon as you get big bubbles and steam, take the pot off of the stove.
Wait 30 minutes to let the eggs cook.

Then, remove eggs using tongs into a bucket of ice water. Leave eggs to cool for about 15-20 minutes.
Slowly crack the egg surface until the shell is cracked all over.
Place the eggs back into the cold water for another 10 minutes to aid peeling.

Then, peel the shell off.
Place freshly peeled eggs into the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Slice eggs into half.
Squeeze yolks into a separate bowl.
Mash the yolks with a fork.

Mix in ingredients : (for a dozen eggs)
1/2 cup light mayo
2 tsp honey mustard
2 tsp chives (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

Cut the tip of the ziploc bag. (or use a pastry bag) Place egg yolk mixture inside.
Squeeze bag and fill the egg white shells.
Sprinkle with paprika (or garnish of your choice)

Coconut Almond bars

2008-10-25T14:03:00.004-04:00

Ingredients :
1 pack Oreo cookies (approximately 24 pieces)
5 tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
4 large egg whites
1 bag (14 oz) coconut flakes (about 5 1/3 cups)
1 cup sliced almonds (can substitute with chopped walnuts)
1 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350F.
Line a 13x9 in baking pan with nonstick foil.

Pulse cookies in food processor until fine and crumbly. Add in melted butter.
Press crumbs into foil-lined pan. (I use a mug to press and flattened the crumbs)
Bake for 8 minutes.

Combine coconut, milk and egg whites in large bowl. Fold in almonds. (leave some aside for later)

Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Spoon in coconut mixture on top. Spread evenly.
Sprinkle top with remaining almonds.

Bake 30-35 minutes until top is set and golden.
Cool completely.
Let it set in the fridge for an hour. Remove foil and cut into bars or triangles.

Lemon cake

2008-05-18T10:21:00.003-04:00

Ingredients :

One packet Betty Crocker White moist cake mix
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
A few slices of lemon
Powdered sugar

Follow instructions on Betty Crocker's cake mix.
Add lemon juice and grated lemon peel
Bake according to instructions

Let cool.
Sprinkle powdered sugar
Decorate with lemon slices

Lemon Pudding Cake

2008-05-13T17:37:00.004-04:00

Ingredients :

3 eggs separated
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
3 tbsp butter (softened)
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cups sugar
1/4 cups flour
1/8 tsp salt

Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside
Beat egg yolks and blend in lemon peel and lemon juice, add butter and milk.
Combine sugar, flour and salt. Add to egg mixture, beating until smooth.
Fold into beaten egg whites.
Spoon into crockpot.
Cover and cook on high for 3 hours.

Garnish with lemon (optional)

~From Mable Hoffmans Crockery cooking~

Claypot Chicken Rice

2008-04-07T17:00:00.005-04:00

Instead of using a claypot, I made this in the rice cooker, and modified the real recipe and made this using whatever I had in the kitchen and it turned out pretty good.

Ingredients :

1 cup of rice (uncooked)
1 cup of chicken broth
4 drumsticks ( chop up 2 drumsticks into small pieces)
3 slices of ginger

Garnish :
Fried onions
Spring onions (chopped)

Marinate :
1 tbsp black soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp kicap manis
3/4 tbsp mirin sweet cooking sauce
3/4 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp ginger powder
Dash of pepper and salt

Mix all the ingredients for the marinate together.
Marinate the chicken for about 45 minutes.

Place the two drumsticks on a pyrex baking dish, drizzle with some oil and brush some marinate over.
Bake in oven 400 F for about 40 - 50 minutes or until chicken is cooked. (turn chicken over half way during cooking)

Put uncooked rice, chicken broth, ginger and marinated chicken slices in the rice cooker. Add a few spoonfuls of the marinate and stir.
Cook rice. (If your rice cooker is not an automatic one, cook for about 20 minutes or until rice is cooked)

Sprinkle spring onions and fried onions on top of rice and serve.

Note : To make it more authentic, you should add some chinese sausage, shitake/chinese mushrooms and salted fish into the rice. The two drumsticks I made in the oven is just an add-on to the meal and is optional.

Easter Pecan cupcakes

2008-03-22T19:35:00.005-04:00

Ingredients :

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
Hersheys chocolate frosting
Oreo cookies (crumbs)
Starburst fruit chews candy

Sift all dry ingredients together into large mixing bowl.
Combine egg, oil and milk. Blend until smooth.
Pour egg mixture into dry ingredients. Stir well with a wooden spoon.
Add in pecans.
Spoon batter into muffin-pan cups (2/3 full).
Bake in 400F for 20 minutes or until muffins are cooked.

Topping:
Spread chocolate topping over muffins.
Sprinkle oreo crumbs.
Melt starburst fruit chews in microwave. Shape it into a small carrot. (One starburst candy makes two carrots). Score sides of carrots with a knife and rub some cinnamon on it to make it look "dirty". Make a small hole on top of carrot with a toothpick. Shape green fruit chews into thin strips to look like carrot tops and insert into hole on top of each carrot.
Arrange carrots on top of the cupcakes.

Peanut pancake

2008-02-23T19:54:00.003-05:00

This is a Malaysian pancake, commonly found at the night market. Also called "Ban Jian kuih".
I got this recipe from Lily's blog, but I omitted the "lye water" (potassium carbonate & sodium bi-carbonate solution) and substituted it with water and white vinegar, and added brown sugar to the ingredients. The brown sugar is acidic and the alkaline in the baking soda needs this to react and neutralize, hence no honeycomb texture but the taste is right.

Ingredients :
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vinegar (add to the milk)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp granulated sugar

Filling :
1/2 cup Peanuts (chopped)
1/4 cup Castor sugar (mixed together with peanuts)
1 tbsp Butter (cubed)

Mix all the dry ingredients together and slowly add in the milk liquid into the flour mixture and whisk until the batter is smooth. Leave aside for 30 minutes (covered)

Lightly grease a pancake pan or any 10 inch non-stick skillet. Set stove on medium low flame.

Pour in all the batter and using the base of the scoop/ladle , spread the batter evenly around and to the sides of the pan. Cover pan.

When bubbles are seen on the surface of the half cooked batter, sprinkle the peanut and sugar filling over. Spread the cubed butter over the filling.

Cover and cook for another 45 seconds (or until batter is cooked).

Use a spatula to release the sides and bottom of the pancake and fold into half.

Cool before cutting into wedges.

Serve warm.

Yam cake pudding (Wu Tau Koh)

2008-02-12T22:16:00.006-05:00

This is a Malaysian delicacy from my Aunt's recipe!

Ingredients :
Purple yam (cut into small cubes)
100 gm all-purpose flour
1 cup water
1 tbsp corn flour
salt
pepper / five spice powder
soy sauce
Fried onions
Green onions (spring onions)

Stir-fry the yam with a little bit of oil
Mix the flour, corn flour, salt, pepper and five spice powder. Add in water slowly.
Combine the yam.

Steam for 45 minutes.

Sprinkle with fried onions and green onions.

Thelma's Chocolate Pie

2008-02-12T14:05:00.000-05:00

Caution : This is a super rich chocolate pie !

Ingredients :
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
8 tsp cocoa + 3 tsp butter
5 tsp corn starch
dash of salt
2 1/4 cups milk
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix sugar, cocoa, salt, corn starch
Add egg yolks. Mix well.
Add milk and butter. Cook on top of stove until thickened. (about 30 minutes)
Remove from heat. Add vanilla extract.
Place in unbaked crust (Jiffy mix) and bake 30-40 minutes in 350F oven.

For the meringue, I used Martha Stewart's recipe :
2 cups sugar
8 large egg whites (1 cup)
3 drops freshly squeezed lemon juice

Combine sugar, egg whites and lemon juice in a bowl of an electric mixer set over a pan of simmering water. Whisk until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes.

Transfer bowl to the mixer stand fitted with the whisk attachment.
Beat on medium speed for 10 minutes.
Increase to high speed and beat until stiff glossy peaks form, 10 - 15 minutes more.

Spread meringue on top of cool pie.
Bake in 350F until slightly brown.

Serve

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

2008-02-12T13:05:00.000-05:00

Crust : 2 cups crushed pretzels, 3/4 cup butter (melted), 4 tablespoons sugar.
Mix together and press onto a 13x9" dish
Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes
Remove from oven and cool.

Next layer : 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, 8 oz (1 tub) cool whip
Whip together and fold in cool whip
Spread over cooled pretzel crust
Next layer : 6 oz package strawberry jello, 2 cups boiling water
Mix together until jello dissolves.
Add 20 oz of slightly thawed frozen sliced strawberries and mix until mixture is cooled

Pour evenly over cream cheese mixture.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Green juice

2008-02-12T03:27:00.000-05:00

My mom found this concoction helps to lower your blood pressure.

1 small bittergourd
1/2 green capsicum (green pepper)
1/2 cucumber (with seeds removed)
2 green apples
1 stalk celery

Blend or juice all the ingredients together and drink immediately.

Oatmeal cookies

2008-02-12T03:15:00.000-05:00

The husband likes oatmeal cookies that are big and slightly chewy in the middle.

Ingredients :

3/4 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 3/4 cups rolled oats

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla extract.
Beat.
In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat.
Stir in oats.

Spoon cookie dough onto a greased baking sheet and press dough flat.

Bake 12-15 minutes in a 350F oven.

Cornflakes Butter cookies

2008-02-12T01:18:00.000-05:00

One of the traditions during Chinese New Year is baking cookies. My mom and me would usually spend days baking a variety of cookies to distribute to friends and family during the festive season.
I am going to try and preserve this tradition.

Beat butter (2 sticks) and sugar (3/4 cup) till white and fluffy
Add one egg and continue to beat.
Fold in flour (3 3/4 cups).
Add cornflakes (1 cup)
Roll into tiny balls and place onto greased baking sheet.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes in 350F.

Makes about 60 cookies.

Mom's Butter cookies

2008-02-12T01:07:00.000-05:00

This is my mom's butter cookies recipe which has a "melt-in-the-mouth" texture.

Ingredients :

6oz butter
2 1/4 oz castor sugar
6oz flour
1 tsp vanilla essence

Beat butter and sugar until white and fluffy.
Add in vanilla essence
Add flour slowly. Beat until combined.

Place spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet (or use a cookie dough dispenser for prettier cookies).
Bake for about 12 - 15 minutes until lightly golden brown in a 350F oven.