Danish Shortbread or Butter Cookies Take 2

After this, I told myself I'd settle for the tin canned biscuits for the time being. But I never did get to buy one because I found this recipe which got a lot of thumbs ups and I was itching to try it.

So last Friday, Toddler woke up earlier than usual and since I was done with my to-do list for the day, we made Danish shortbread or butter cookies. And since Husband was at work this was another one of those Mom and Kid thing moment.

A challenging weekend part 2

A challenging weekend part 1

This weekend my Husband and I challenged ourselves by baking and cooking 2 recipes at the same time. These are pandesal and a steamed pork bun (siopao) which we have been craving for weeks. We've decided to take these up as both recipes involve the same base ingredients and procedures [mixing-kneading-rising-cutting] in the preparation of the dough.

We were banking on my new KitchenAid (KA) for this experiment and also wanted to test a few items like:
(1) the Mayer representative said that the stand mixer model I have can knead dough at max speed of 4.
(2) bread making efficiency as we'll have the KA to do the heavy lifting (kneading) for us.

Jumbo chocolate chip cookies to celebrate Sunday family time

The heartbreaking baking episode of Thursday & Friday was totally forgotten last Sunday. You see, my ever supportive Husband bought me a new toy. I am now a proud owner of a Kitchenaid 5KPM50! Even the Toddler who loves to help me when I bake was grinning when we went to Mayer in Plaza Singapura to buy my KA. When he saw the colorful mixers on display he said "Yehey mixer!" I just love my ever supportive family. :)

We were not meant to be friends

I've never been a fan of fondants. It's like eating a spoonful of sugar in one bite.  I held off trying to make fondants because of that.I just don't really get it. I love sweets but I told myself I draw the line on making cakes with fondants. And to top it off making one is  like a big task I wasn't sure I can handle. There's the humidity and heat factor plus the skill in handling one is so daunting!

A homey sweet dessert called Bibingka

Its been raining almost every other day in Singapore so I decided to prepare Champorado last Thursday to ease homesickness. This project had me end up with 2.5 kilos of glutinous rice overstock as there were no smaller packs available at the grocery. I hate it when ingredients go to waste so I decided to make use of the leftovers and prepare "Bibingka/Biko" last Sunday. I think this as perfect homey food during my rainy week.