Coconut Almond bars

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

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

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

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

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.