We used to baked cookies more often when we were back home and when we were in the States. Things get tricky here when you have to figure out which is which and what is what, even for the most basic baking ingredient. It is like having a completely different metric system.
Take for instant, instead of plain flour, self raising flour or cake flour, the flour is given a TYPE number which creates the whole confusion. NO NAME or whatsoever, just a NUMBER. Who on earth will know what this number stands for, unless I am born and breed in this country, or maybe if I was born a french farmer’s daughter.
I finally got it figured out after reading David Lebovitz’s blog. And with my new old handheld mixer that I managed to squeeze inside my 20 kg baggage during my recent trip back to Singapore, we can now bake our own cookies, without breaking my arm, creaming the butter. They do sell handheld mixer here, but they cost me more than 20 EUR when I got mine at USD 5 !
We baked some museli cookies the other day and they tasted sooo good, maybe because we were deprived for too long, we finished up the box within 2 days and thus we are baking it again this morning. Malcolm can’t wait. He is helping to get things ready in the kitchen while I type this!
If you are interested in getting your hands dirty, here is the recipe. ENJOY !
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Ingredients
125g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup plain raising flour (I used TYPE 55 from Monoprix)
1 1/2 cup museli
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Method
1. cream butter, essence, sugar and egg until light and fluffy
2. mix in flour and baking soda
3. stir in museli
4. roll mixture into a ball. Place on greased cookie sheet
5. repeat, allowing abt 4 cm between crisps
6. bake in 375 F oven for abt 15 minutes or until lightly browned
Bake 40
the cookies looks delicious..thanks for sharing the receipe..
to me, a pair of hands that can bake is amazing, but a pair of hands that can bake YUMMY-looking cookies like these are heavenly!!
i can forget abt baking! when i went to az, i have a big kitchen with a nice big oven. i thought i shld do some baking with the kids. i’m too lazy. i only did it once with instant mixes coz we got some sample packs! well, now i have an oven in sg.. BUT it doesn’t work! although it’s brand-new. anyway i dun think i will bother to do it here, coz i hate being in the kitchen, this kitchen is SMALL, and sg is too hot to heat up our house further with another oven! ain’t our weather an oven already?
Nice site!
Enjoy your many adventures…kudos to you for bringing up a little one going from one country to another…
Will add you to my blog. Gosh..another blog added to my daily blog reading session…hhaha
have a good day.
wow…that looks very pro…Mrs Field’s or Famous Amos? heehee
Those look delicious! I’m glad it’s not just me, I had the hardest time figuring out what caster sugar was over here in the UK.
Umm…Malcolm’s girlfirend is going to one lucky gal if you get him invovled in ALL your baking and cooking sessions!!!
Planning to do so with my kid too IF he proves himself able to understand instructions and not make a mess !!!
hey blessed mum,
u r most welcome!
hey angeline thanks! frankly, I m really not that good with my hands but this is really not that difficult.
halo hoonie,
i know, U JUST DON”T LIKE TO COOK! can u maybe try?! can be quite satisfying. Let me know when u change your mind
hey a gift from god, thanks for dropping by and glad u enjoy your trip here
hi contented mum,
thanks! ooooh I LOVE FAMOUS AMOS! esp those freshly baked ones!
hey ann,
eerrrh, be prepared for the mess! haha