CASHEW NUT COOKIE

GOING NUTS OVER CASHEWS

Taking care of a toddler at home isn't an easy job at all. Unlike my older daughter, this little one is more active. He wants to participate in everything I do. Anyway, I managed to find some time to bake some cookies with my favourite nuts CASHEW NUTS !!

Followed the receipe taken from "NEW YEAR COOKIES BY ALAN OOI " receipe book. Although the receipe is APPLE SNAPS, but isn't any apple in it. As usual, I did some amendments to the ingredients & method..

CASHEW NUT COOKIES

originally known as APPLE SNAPS

Makes 82 pcs

Ingredients

125g butter (dice,melted)

70g icing sugar (I reduced to 60g)

1 egg yolk (beaten)

1 tsp vanilla essence

170g plain flour

50g cashew nut powder (I grounded the roasted cashew nuts)

1 tbsp milk powder or custard powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

For glazing

1 egg yolk (beaten)

For decoration

Some raw cashew nuts cut into quarters

Cookie cutter

Method:

1. Preheat oven. Prepare ingredients.

Sift flour, milk/custard powder & baking soda in a bowl.

2, In a pan, spread raw cashew nuts, heat over low fire.

Add in a little butter and stir until fragrant or browned.

3. Ground cashew nut coarsely

4. Beat together butter with icing sugar until light and fluffy.

5. Add in egg yolk and vanilla essence.

Mix well.

6. Pour in flour mixture and ground cashew nut into butter mixture.

Mix well again.

7. Combine until a soft,wet dough is form.

8. Place dough onto floured surface.

Put some flour onto rolling pin to avoid dough from sticking to it.

Roll out the dough flat.

Stamp out with any desired cookie cutter.

9. Leave cookies on lined baking tray.

Press a piece of quartered cashew nut on top.

Glaze with egg.

10. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 15-20min until golden brown.

Remove and cool cookies. Crispy and chewy...YUMMY!!

CHRISTMAS COCONUT COOKIE

Christmas is just a month away. It's time to practice making Christmas cookie as a warm up. Amazingly, much to my delight, first time baking Coconut Cookie turns out marvelous! I jotted down this receipe from www.allreceipe.com website, I am sure you will enjoy the soft and chewy coconut flavour cookie like I do!

Christmas Coconut Cookie

(makes about 60 pcs)

Ingredients

150g butter (dice,melted)

100g icing sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 small egg (beaten)

10g desiccated coconut

250g SR flour

40g custard powder

For decoration

10g desiccated coconut

For glazing

1 egg (beaten)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 180C. Here's the ingredients.

2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Beat egg with vanilla essence.

4. In another bowl, sift SR flour and custard powder.

Combine with desiccated coconut.

5. Add flour ingredients to cream mixture.

Pour in the egg mixture. Mix well.

6. Knead a few times with both hands until a soft dough is form.

7. Divide dough into 2 portion.

8. Roll out onto floured surface (approx.6mm thick)

9. Cut with any desired cookie cutter.

10. Brush cookie with egg. Sprinkle a little desiccated coconut.

11. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 15-20min or until lightly browned.

Remove and let them cool before storage.