Cookies for Kendra's 2nd Bday

These 10 lollipop cookies were made as a gift for Kendra's 2nd birthday, April 26th 2008. Ladybug theme was taken from Kendra's goodie bag tag, and some bees were added, too.


Turn out that decorating chocolate cookies was more difficult than butter ones as the colours have to be chosen correctly so they won't clash with the background nor look awkward.


Haven't ask what Kendra think of the cookies, but her Mum was surely excited enough to try one of it before giving them away to Kendra's cousins at the party!

Cia's Birthday Cookies

Pictures by Indigosix Photography (friendster: indigosix photography).

Cia, these were for your 3rd birthday party goodie bag @ school last Wednesday.

You said the cookies were pretty and 'enyaaak!' so hope your friends love them, too!

Thanks Angelia n friends who make these cookies look like real treasures!

The not so pro photo, the goodies packed and ready to be given away the next morning...


The whole fifty pieces of them!

Cookie Decorating Class

Felt the need to learn the tip n tricks on how to bake and decorate my cookies so they could look like pro's, I went to Bu Fatmah's course at NCC's hq last Sunday, made an few new friends, learned the tricks, and on top of that got to try the tastiest Soto Mie ever! (that's what you called the BIG plus, heehee)

Cocoa & Peanut Cookie

The ingredients are super simple yet the taste lingers longer than my cookie jar could hold!

Original recipe by Ailsa Bernhardt :

• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1 1/2 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup raw peanut
  
• 125 gr margarine, melted
  
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

(1 cup self raising flour can be substituted by 1 cup plain flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/4 tsp baking soda)

Modified by Cindy :

• 150 gr caster / icing sugar
• 180 gr plain flour
• 120 gr raw peanut
• 125 gr margarine, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 11/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• pinch of salt
  

Beat caster sugar and egg until mixed well, mixer on high speed, then add chopped peanuts and vanilla.

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa together, and add to egg mixture.

You will need to reduce the mixer speed to slow as the mixture could get very sticky.

Add the melted margarine, bring the mixer speed to normal / high until all mixed well.

Spoon the mixture on to slightly greased tray.

Cook in preheated oven in moderate / 180C for about 20 minutes.

Let's get started!

Akhirnya,... kesampaian juga coba-coba bikin blog sendiri setelah sekian lama ada keinginan tapi kurang kemauan :P . Mudah2an bisa jadi inspirasi buat yang baca dan kenang2an buat Cia & Nico saat mereka besar nanti.

Kegiatan masak-memasak dan crafting sebenarnya sudah saya gemari sejak kecil. Yang sempat nyoba berbagai resep dessert dan masakan, punya buku catatan resep sendiri sejak kelas 4 SD, sok bikin2 dan masak2 sama temen2 tetangga sampe dapur lengket dan kompor minyak tanah mampet keguyur adonan puding... sempet juga jualan coklat hasil mewarnai dan nyetak sendiri (SMA nih), lalu trima pesanan puluhan loyang puding buat natal (udah kuliah), sampe akhirnya gantung centong gara2 kesibukan kerja lalu punya anak...

Gara-gara nemu satu resep tua yang saya dapat dari Ailsa Bernhardt, my host mum di Sydney selama tahun 1988 (bener kan, udah tua?!) dan kesian liat oven nganggur di dapur, timbullah kembali minat untuk menekuni kegiatan masak-memasak yang lebih dari sekedar membuat lauk buat temen makan nasi hari ini.

Resep tua Cocoa & Nut Cookies tersebut masih terbayang betul rasanya di lidahku meski sudah lewat 20 tahun yang lalu saya makan kukis ini! (hey... ternyata setelah dicoba, Cia, Nico, & papanya juga sukaa!)