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Butterfly Bows

Ingredients:

150g butter

80g icing sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

180g plain flour

40g Hoen Kwe flour (green beans flour)

1/4 tsp baking powder

60g ground almonds

1 egg, for glazing

sliced toasted almond for decoration

Method:

1.  Cream butter with icing sugar till light and fluffy.  Add in egg and vanilla essence and mix well.  Fold in sifted flour and stir well to form a soft dough.

2.  Place dough between 2 sheets of plastic, roll it into a flat piece.  Cut out cookies with a butterfly shaped cutter.  Arrange cut out cookies on greased tray and glaze with beaten egg yolk.  Press an almond strip in the centre of each cookie.

3.  Bake in a preheated oven at 180deg C for 15-20 minutes.

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January 24th, 2007 Posted by rose | Cookies | no comments

Almond Suji Cookies

Ingredients:

225g ghee (clarified butter)

150g icing sugar

340g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

100g ground almonds

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 egg yolk (for glazing)

Method:

1.  Cream ghee with sugar and vanilla essence until light and creamy.

2.  Fold in sifted flour and add in ground almonds.  Mix to a soft dough and refrigerate dough for half an hour.

3.  Place dough between two plastic sheets and roll out flat.  Cut out designs with cookie cutters.  Arrange on greased baking trays.  Glaze cookies with beaten egg.

4.  Bake in a preheated oven at 170 deg C for 15 minutes until lightly browned.

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January 24th, 2007 Posted by rose | Cookies | one comment

Mix Fruit Biscuits

Ingredients:

2 small egg yolks

50g icing sugar

50g chopped nuts

50g chopped sultanas

50g chopped candid pineapples

100g butter

225g plain flour

1 tbsp condensed milk

1/4 tsp vanilla powder

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method:

1.  Cream butter with sugar, condensed milk, vanilla powder, egg yolks and soda mixture.  (mix bicarbonate of soda with 1 tsp water).

2.  Add sieved flour and chopped mixed mixed fruits and stir well.

3.  Place 1/2 tsp of dough on greased trays about 1.5 cm apart.

4.  Bake in a moderate oven at 180 deg C for about 25-30 minutes.

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Prune Agar Agar

Ingredients:

2 x 13g packet agar agar powder

300g sugar

1 tin evaporated milk

1000ml water

4 eggs

1 tsp Nescafe

200g pitted prunes, slice thinly

Method:

1.  Place sugar into a pot filled with 1 litre of water.  Sprinkle the agar agar powder ontop of water, stir well and bring to the boil until sugar and agar agar powder dissolves.  Dissolve Nescafe with a little hot water and add to mixture and stir well.

2.  Beat eggs lightly and add to the evaporated milk.  Pour into the boiling agar agar and stir well.  Add in the sliced prunes and bring to a quick boil and remove.

3.  Stir agar agar till slighly cold then pour into a rinsed mould to set.

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January 24th, 2007 Posted by rose | Jellies and Jam | no comments