Best Shortbread Cookies

I have been craving for some shortbread cookies and I found an awesome recipe online when I was baking my Christmas cookies. These are so buttery and just crumbles!

Cute Button Shortbread Cookies

Raspberry Jam Thumprint Shortbread Cookies

There are so many things you can do with this shortbread recipe!

Recipe:

3 cups of flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup confection sugar
2 cups/ 1 pound of butter

Place flour, cornstarch, and confection sugar in a bowel and mix well and set aside
Whip butter until soft in mixer
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the butter and mix until cookie dough forms
Cut out desired cookie shapes on a floured surface
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet
Bake @ 300 for about 35-45 minute until slight golden brown
Remove from oven and cool on cooling racks

Pop them in your mouth and enjoy!

Perfect Sunday Morning

Just wanted to post what a wonderful morning I had. It was raining this morning then the sun came out so the air was nice and crisp and fresh. I woke up refreshed with the feeling of peacefulness. My perfect morning started with a nice cup of English Breakfast tea and macarons (rose, coffee, earl grey tea). Out of all the macaron places I've tried I would have to say lette macarons would have to be my favorite so far. Where is your favorite macaron from???

 

Baking (dragon cakes, Hello Kitty macarons, cookies, and more)

I've always wanted to start a blog about baking but I never got around to it. Since I'm off for the holidays and I'm sick, I have some free time on my hands. I thought I would posts some of my past baking projects.

This was one of my very first cake and order!

This cake was for my 30th birthday party. I love Tare Panda.

 This cake was for my boyfriend's 30th birthday.

These are more birthday cakes. 

I love macarons! They are so hard to perfect. 

I really enjoyed making these Hello Kitty macarons. 

Teddy Bear/Hello Kitty sugar cookie.

These are cupcakes I made for a baby shower. 

This is a "glass stained" sugar cookie. 

A lot of these ideas I found on google. Sorry I don't have the original source to some of these. I hope you enjoy

Hong Kong Style Egg Waffle (Gai Daan Jai)

I was so excited to find that williams sonoma sells the pan to make Hong Kong Style Egg Waffle. I had to put it on my secret santa list and got it as a present!

The pan came with a recipe but I searched online and found Christine's recipe.

Gai Dann Jai Recipe

• 1 cup (5 ounces) (140 g) flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 g) baking powder
• 1 tablespoon (14 g) custard powder
• 2 tablespoons (28 g) tapioca starch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup ( 220 g) sugar
• 2 tablespoons (28 g) evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons (28 g) vegetable oil
• Optional: 1 1/2 teaspoons matcha powder/cocoa powder

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sieve flour, baking powder, custard powder, and tapioca starch together and set aside

whisk eggs and sugar together and gradually add in the evaporated milk and water

slowly add the sieved flour mixture into the batter until it is thoroughly mixed (make sure that there are no clumps in the batter)

add in the vanilla extract and the vegetable oil 

cover the batter and refrigerate it for at least an hour to let it thicken 

warm up each side of the waffle iron and brush a thin layer of oil on each side

pour about 3/4 cup of batter onto one of the pan and quickly close the pan and flip and turn the pan

cook each side of the pan for about 2 minutes

place cooked Egg Waffle on a cooling rack to cool and get crispy on the outside before eating

I grew up eating these on the streets of Hong Kong. Supposedly these originated around the 1950s. Every year when I go back to Hong Kong to visit I have to have one of these Egg Waffles. Last year they even have chocolate and matcha (green tea) flavored ones as well. I always prefer the original flavor which is more like an egg/custard taste.

When cooked right, they are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. So glad that I don't have to fly 7000 miles to eat these anymore.  Enjoy!

Braids & Updos

Lately I have been obsess with messy up-dos and braids. I have been doing my own hair since I was 10 y.o. for dance recitals, school dances, parties, etc. These will be great for holiday parties!