The Little Chef Diary : Cornflake Cookies

 Chinese New Year Cookies 2 : Cornflake Cookies
Cornflake Cookies!!! This is my favorite since I'm young but I had no idea what is so special about it to me. I just like cornflake with cookies so I eat cornflake cookies! I made this since last year but it's a failure so I decided to try it again by changing some steps and I succeeded!
* Just to share with you all that the recipe mentioned that roll the dough on the cornflakes but I find that the cornflake may drop easily when you eat it so I crushed the cornflakes and mixed it with the dough. This taste better anyway.

Cornflake cookies in the oven

My cornflake cookies is made half of the recipe and they managed to fit right in this container.

NOM NOM!

* I get this recipe last year so i have no idea where is it from. So sorry!

玉米脆片牛油饼干

材料：
牛油 ~ 250g
糖粉 ~ 110g
杏仁碎 ~ 50g
发粉 ~ 1茶匙
普通面粉 ~ 280g
玉米脆片 ~ 适量 （稍微按碎）

做法：
1。牛油和糖粉打至发白。
2。加入杏仁碎和面粉搅拌成团。
3。揉小面团放入玉米脆片滚一滚，排放入小纸杯。
4。放入烤箱150° 烘10分钟或金黄色即可。

The Little Chef Diary : Savoury Potato Chip Cookies

 Chinese New Year Cookies 1 : Savoury Potato Chip Cookies
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 everyone. It's a new year and I grow older now. It is time for me to explore the world on my own but it is not the right time now because Chinese New Year is just in few weeks time. I assume that everyone is starting to be in this festive mood just like me! My father is more exhilarated as he bought a DVD with Chinese New Year songs and started singing it during our stay at JB, that's my father! Anyway and anyhow, school is going to reopen and I hate this but I have no choice but to bake my CNY cookies as soon as possible.

My first batch of CNY cookies - Savoury Potato Chip Cookies
Children may favour this cookie a lot because there are potato chip inside ~~ ! But, if you are bored of the normal cookies you may have during cny just like peanut cookies, butter cookies and lots more, try this out because this is something special and new. It is crispy and salty because there are sour cream potato chip and Parmesan cheese in it so you may reduce the Parmesan cheese if you want something more healthy. So sorry that I like salty food. Hahaha.

Savoury Potato Chip Cookies right after being baked!

Pringles Sour Cream Potato Chip - nom nom!

( from Min's blog )

薯片曲奇 Savoury Potato Chip Cookies 

食谱： （取自新新饮食双月刊， Margaret 老师）

• 250g 牛油
• 80g 幼糖
• 150g 酸奶油及洋葱味薯片，稍微压碎
• 50g 核桃，切碎
• 20g Parmersan 芝士粉
• 250g 面粉， 加入1小匙发粉，过筛

1. 将牛油及糖打至松白.
2. 加入薯片， 核桃碎和芝士粉.
3. 慢慢加入筛过的粉类， 拌匀成团.
4. 将饼干混合料用小匙舀起，放在烘盘上.
5. 放入已预热烤箱， 用180'C 烤15分钟或至金黄色. 

The Little Chef Diary : Nigella's Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Muffins

Second post in a day because I wanted to share this scrumptious muffin here! This is just so simple but turn up really delicious. It is slightly moist and soft, and you can't stop eating it honestly.

( from Min's blog )

香浓巧克力马芬 Nigella's Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Muffins ( 取自 Foodnetwork.com) 
（可以做出12个马芬  ）

• 面粉 250g
• 发粉 2tsp
• 苏打粉 1/2tsp
• 可可粉 2Tbsp
• 细糖 175g
• 巧克力豆 150g
• 牛奶 250ml
• 植物油 90ml
• 鸡蛋 1个
• 香草精 1tsp

1. 把干的材料， 面粉， 发粉， 苏打粉和可可粉过筛， 再和细糖， 3/4的巧克力豆混合一起。 
2. 也把液体材料， 混合均匀。 
3. 把干和湿的材料轻轻地混合一起， 记得不要搅拌太久， 稍微混合就可以了。 
4. 放入烤杯， 上面洒上巧克力豆。
5. 然后送入预热200‘C的烤箱， 烤20分钟。 

 * I added some white chocolate chip and instead of black chocolate chip, I chopped some chocolate from chocolate bar into it. The cocoa powder I added a lot into it to flavour it and I didn't even wiegh it!
( Sorry for the ugly muffins, I'm still trying to improve it. :(  I will try to get a muffin tray. ) 

Nigella's Chocote-Chip Muffin =)

Moist muffin!

Happy Winter Solstice 2011!

It has been some time that I abandoned my blog. I joined a five days state camp at Kem Alim, Banting and it was totally AWESOME! Although I suffer and struggle quite a lot throughout this camp but like what my senior, Serenity said, I'm proud to say that I manage to go through it!!

We not only enjoy the camp but gain a lot knowledge during the courses to get our proficiency badges. I like the caring for animals the most as I get to learn how to take care them and the vets even brought their dog to our campsite. Honestly, we don't have enough time to study and I think I failed my "Order of St. John" but I will be back next year to get my GRAND PRIOR. I'm just that greedy :).

Despite that, the best part is the obstacle course, I managed to go through it. Before that, I was struggling whether I am able to take the challenge, but I told myself, I should be brave enough to do it. There's one challenge that we are given a rope and we need to hold tightly on it to go across a pool ( Just like Tarzan, hehehe ). Thanks to one of the camp committee who taught me the right way of doing it and I manage to pass it! I was so glad and relieved that I was "safe and sound" unlike some of them who were soaked to their bones.

We learnt team spirit the most as we KSTU live like a family in SCC, we cheer and play games together whereas we from Damansara Utama Division owned the camp too. Koperal Haris and Madam Che were like, DU Division, you all do this, you all do that and some guys from DU even challenged Koperal in the obstacle course. Koperal and Madam said DU might be representing KSTU to perform for next year SCC campfire night. I was like OMG, I can't take this because KSTU has been receiving the best performance for two years continuosly and if we fail to do it, we will feel ashame of it. Anyway, State cadet camp definitely leaves lots of memorable and awesome memories to the rest of my life!

Lastly, Happy Winter Soltstice everyone! 冬至快乐！ (sorry for the late wish)  Enjoy eating glutinous rice ball aka tang yuan - the best festive delicacies.

Tang Yuen :) ( Credit to Google)

The Saddest Thing Ever

I lost my camera! Oh gosh, this the worst thing. I took lots of pictures at the Japenese Restaurant and I wanted to post it but now I can't anymore. =( I have been searching high and low for it but I totally have no idea where it was. I remember taking picture from my dad's car at night but then when I went back to apartment, I did not check my bag again. On the next day, only I found that I lost it. Haiz.....now I am "cameraless" , even when I went to Singapore Sentosa Resort World on Sat, I can't take any pictures. Arhgh....

Believe it or not

On Wednesday, we went out to Johor town because dad's apartment here is right inside the kampung! It isn't convenience to buy things or food but the best part is - it's peaceful and cooling here. You don't need to switch on the fan too! In the morning when I wake up, there will be birds chirping and breezy wind blowing into my room. That's great though! We are currently staying at the Bukit Senang Court, but it is a joke that it isn't "senang" to buy things. However, they have good safety measure. Whenever, dad drive in at the entrance, the guard will look at the driver to make sure that we are the resident here, even the walkway in the apartment have those bars that you push to pass through because it was for the students staying here only. Another part is that you need put your card at the sensor thing to take the lift, and you can only go to the floor you staying, not others. We feel safety here although Johor was always given comment that there's lot of crime here.

Let's talk back to our topic. We went Sutera Mall first and had our breakfast for the second time at the usual stall dad goes. Sutera Mall is a great place for teenagers especially girls to go!  You can find trendy stuff here. As now is winter in the othere countries, you can find those furry and long sleeve clothes everywhere. Most of the shops offer clothes at RM 50 for two. Try buying dresses because they worth! I bought one long sleeve dress and a Korean-style skirt. They were special. As the clothes here are MADE IN CHINA, always check before buying it. They may be torn. Try not buying clothes with bad materials, made a wise choice.

Just when we want to leave, there are a crowd outside the newly-opened Subway. I am so curious, what's the matter? Lot of people are queuing outside the shop, just seems that they are having sales. I myself seldom eat Subway sandwiches, but their chocolate chip cookies are really tempting! Then, my mum asked the shop worker when we are choosing clothes, and they said it was the only Subway franchise in Johor. I was like "huh"? The crowd seems like really eager for Subways. She also said that the sandwiches are really delicious.
I can' believe this.

The Little Chef Diary : Oreo Cheesecake

Cheesecake is always my favorite, but I seldom eat them as it can be quite pricey, especially at Secret Recipe. My mum bought different types of cheesecake and put them in a round shape so we can try different taste of them. I had them during my birthday, and it was absolutely tasty but the chocolate one was just so disgusting for me. I'm not a chocolate lover, neither coffee. Something I like in Secret Recipe cheesecake is that they have -- oreo and marshmallows!!! It was the best of all but I don't think they still sell the cheesecake with marshmallows anymore, I remember eating this long time ago.

So, I decided to bake my own OREO CHEESECAKE!! It was my first try on cheesecake because I have no idea how to bake a cheesecake. But I have two boxes of cream cheese in my fridge and they best way to clear them off is to bake a cheesecake. They turn up alright but not really tasty, idk why? I try this recipe twice and my cheesecake in burnt on the surface so sorry, there are no pic for it. My cheesecake look so ugly but edible. My first batch of cheesecake was all eaten up by my brother and mother, I did not try even one piece. If you have the ingredients, give this recipe a try! 

( from Min's blog )
Oreo乳酪蛋糕　Oreo Cheese Cake (取自孟老师的100道小蛋糕）

A：

• 奶油 （软化） 15g
• Oreo饼干 （压碎）55g

B：

• 奶油乳酪 150g
• 细糖 50g
• 鲜奶油 85g
• 低筋面粉 1tsp
• 蛋黄 1粒
• Oreo饼 20g （掰成小块）

1. 长方形模型 （18x8x6cm) 铺上铝箔纸。
2. A材料混合一起，取1/2份量铺在模型，压紧。
3. 奶油乳酪加入细砂糖，以隔水加热的方式，用打蛋器搅拌至无颗粒的光滑状。
4. 加入鲜奶油，用打蛋器搅拌均匀，离开热水。
5. 降温后，加入低筋面粉及蛋黄，用打蛋器搅呈均匀的乳酪糊。
6. 把一半的乳酪糊倒入模型，将掰成小块的Oreo铺在乳酪糊上。
7. 倒入剩余的乳酪糊，再用汤匙将做法（2）的奶油饼干削铺在乳酪糊上面。
8. 最后将长于烤模的铝箔纸向内折盖上乳酪糊表面。 
9. 放入预热180'C的烤箱，烘烤约30~35分钟。