Customised Biscotti

My MIL's favourite. She would request L to pack jars for her whenever he goes back for a visit. Highly customised for her as she is diabetic. I eliminated bulk of the sugar and make it a savoury snack instead. :)

Freshly homemade pineapple tarts

Out of the blue, I had a craving for pineapple tarts and on the following day, we had these freshly baked pineapple tarts - low sugar, preservatives/coloring FREE.

The kids love them to bits. and Me too!

Biscotti

Just some of my regular giveaways to neighbours.

Christmas party

Baked a chocolate log and a cookie tree for E's pre-school Christmas celebration. The sweets were gone way before the mains! Well, all kids love sweets right? I was delighted that the log and the cookies were so popular amongst the kids. They were not overly sweet but just right! In fact, the homemade log beat other commercial logcakes flat as there were still plenty left despite being more beautifully accessorised. heehee :)

Matchstick cookies

E has been pestering me to make some matchstick cookies. He saw the pictures in the recipe book and fell in love with them. So, here we go.


Nic rolled the dough out and then she left for her taekwondo class leaving E to bless them with the final touches.

See how dedicated he was? One dip into the chocolate and it went straight into his mouth.... We didnt have many left at the end of the session :)

Almond Cookies

Yummy almond cookies. We would always have some of these in the jar :)

Xiao Mantou Recipe

1 egg yolk
Potato starch 130g (pan fried and sifted)
Fine sugar 2 tablespoon (to ajust to your liking)
Milk powder 1 tablespoon


1. Beat egg yolk and sugar till pale yellow
2. Add milk powder and potato starch
3. Depending on the size of the egg yolk, you may need to add some milk/water to form a pliable dough
4. Divde dough into portions and roll into the shape of a rope
5. Cut into pieces - 1 cm per piece and roll into a ball
6. Bake at pre heated oven at 170C for about 20 to 25min, or until it turns light golden brown.
7. Enjoy the cute little Xiao Mantou.....

Almond Cookies Recipe

55g butter
100g flour
45g icing sugar
1 tbsp almond powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 egg
1tbsp fresh milk
1 tbsp milk powder
1/2 tsp baking powder

1. Mix Butter and icing sugar till fluffy
2. Add vanilla essence and egg.
3. Add flour, almond powder, milk poweder and baking powder
4. Add fresh milk
5. Pipe into desired shapes.
6. Bake at preheated oven at 170C for about 25min or until golden brown.

Chocolate Raisin Wholemeal Cookies

Light and crunchy and of course, healthy. No butter was used. Only grapeseed oil but there was no compromise on the taste.

This was the motivation for me when I started baking end of last year. I wanted something healthier for the family. Well, if you care about the types of food your kids are taking everyday, you may wish to consider doing the same. Truly, it is not so difficult. If I can do it, so can you :)

Nowadays, we make our own jam and peanut butter too. Totally free from perservatives, artificial colourings, additives and flavouring! For those who know me personally, you would know that I had never been much of a kitchen person, let alone baking/cooking. The kids change me :) for the better, I hope :)

Xiao Mantou

Guess what these are?

Hand made "wang wang xiao mantou"! Every single one of them :)

Eversince the plasticiser saga, we have banned all Taiwanese products in our household. E is a big fan of such little treats and I had to figure out a way to satisfy him. If I wont buy them, I will bake them!

They were very well received indeed. Even I like the texture and taste. It is 95% close to the store bought product. Guaranteed healthy with no added chemicals as I only use organic flour and low cholesterol eggs, and sugar of course.

CNY bakings

My CNY baking collectively.

I was so glad that my cousins came for a visit during CNY. They literally gobbled down more than half of the cookies I baked. I presented them with seven 3/4 filled cookie jars and they left me with two 1/2 jars! Clearly, the popular ones were gone before I could snap some pictures of them :)

Sesame jam cookies
Cashnut cookies
Butter cookies
Walnut cookies
Almond cookies
Pineapple tarts
Chocolate cookies

The pineapple tart fillings didnt look good as the fresh pineapples were not well chopped into fine pieces prior to cooking. Will not do a short cut in chopping next time :).

First Time Baking

First time baking for Nic and I. We invited Shan over and the 3 musketeers had a good time together!

I prepared the dough and the kids moulded the cookies. They had such fun creating their own special oatmeal chocolate walnut cookies! Needless to mention, they tasted superb, at least to their own taste buds! See the satisfaction on their face? Cookies + milk = Great?

We also experimented with a prune and cashew nut cake. It turned out very much edible and in fact, it was pretty good. Well, at least the kids loved it :)

We shall try more recipes!