Chinese New Year Goodies (2)

     These following photos are my baking projects for this Chinese New Year 2014. 

Bak Kwa 

Green Pea Cookies (a combination of sweet and salty) =)

Peanut Cookies (Very Melty) >.<

Yu Sheng (vegetable version)

Peanut Cookies

     One of my baking projects during Chinese New Year. This is all time favorite Peanut Cookies. I always remember that since young, my mother would bring me and my sisters to my aunt house to make Chinese New Year cookies with my mother's sisters. We have a good time as children because I get to play baking, and play with my cousins at the same time. The hard works are always not ours, we just play! LOL. Chinese New Year is the time where you can eat at anytime, and anything that you want without the adults saying anything about your size, because we worry about that after Chinese New Year. Hehe...>.<...

Peanut Cookies
Ingredients:
500g all-purpose flour
400g powdered sugar
300g peanut oil
500g ground peanuts
1 tbsp salt
2 eggs, beaten for garnish

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line parchment paper on pan.
2. Mix all ingredients except the eggs till fully combined.
3. Roll into a ball or use a round (any scoops you have is fine) scoop to shape the peanut cookies. I use an oval shape scoop here.
4. Brush egg wash on top of all peanut cookies and bake for 15 minutes till golden brown. (Adjust the time according to your own oven)
5. Cool and store in an air tight container.

Enjoy!

Chinese New Year Goodies (1)

These are the snacks that I have made during Chinese New Year. I just post all of the previous baking photos up... Hope you guys like them!=)

This is the bak kwa that I made based on Min's Blog 'bak kwa' with a little changes that I made to adjust the sweetness and saltiness. 

I have made some pineapple cookies (mind with the flaws and inconsistency >.< , first time making them). But, really delicious, the tartness is just right. I made everything from scratch because I find that the store bought ones do lack in textures. They do not have the "fibre" texture whereby  when you bite into them, they will give you more "crunchy" texture. I do not like things to be too smooth (in this case). >.< 

The recipe adapted from Slacker with adjustment of my own.

This really makes me proud! Hehe... I have never done it and I just recreate them with my memories based on how I remembered it. During the Chinese New Year, it is a tradition to at least once eat "Yu Sheng/Lou Sang". But, I never really like it except for the fried crunchy snacks. I made a healthy version of this yu sheng as all of the ingredients are natural, and no artificial flavors or colors at all. The ingredients are cucumber, carrot, radish, jicama, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green bell pepper, coriander, toasted sesame seeds, peanuts, plum sauce, honey, fish sauce, five spice powder, pepper, lime, sesame oil. Trust me! you will love it! =D 

This is just almond cookies. Yummy!

Cashew Nut Cookies (I have always love the fragrance of it)

I have taken many other Chinese New Year photos, but I have forgotten where did I put it, so I'll post it on the next post. More to come!