Shix Bakes: Cheese thins

This is my trial batch of cheese thins. Changes will be updated as I go along. 

Ingredients:

500g unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

250g Gouda shredded

250g mature cheddar shredded

800g plain flour

100g corn flour

Pinch of cayenne pepper 

Glaze/topping(optional)

Egg yolk (cut with milk if too thick)

Almond strips/slices

Method: 

Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy. Slowly add in the cheeses. Add in the sieved flours and pepper a little at a time. 

Once mixed, place the super soft dough in cling wrap and roll it into a log. Chill the logs till firm. (About an hour but I left them overnight and alhamdulillah it was fine)

Preheat oven at 150deg

Taking out one log at a time, cut them into 3mm slices and place the slices on a lined/greased baking sheet. (Optional: glaze with egg yellow and place almond on top) Bake for 20 min. 

Note: Cooking time will differ, depending on the size n thickness of the cookie

Shix Bakes: Honey cornflakes

This is strange but I've not made a successful batch of honey cornflake cups for the last decade or so. It was always my kakak's job to do it and she has always been successful in drowning the poor crispies in honey lol... So this year, I decided to google a darned recipe ahahahah.

Alhamdulillah they ended up nice... Mr R even made a short video review on it as I showed it off to my sisters ahahah.

Recipe from
Ingredients:
200g butter
2/3 cups sugar
3 tbsp honey
8 cups (about 200g) cornflakes crushed just a lil bit

Method:

Melt the butter then dissolve the sugar and honey, mixing till it's a lil bit frothy.
Put the cornflakes in a big bown and mix in the concoction above
Bake at 150deg for about 15 mins and you're done.

Feel free to toss in a bit of diced almond into the mix. Definitely will be tasty.

This produced approx 100 small cups of deliciousness.

Shix Cooks: Masak merah

This is my spur of the moment decision to masak merah instead of sweet sour lol. 

It was different. Sour and spicy all at the same time wooooo!

Ingredients:

Set A

1 large onion

2 shallots

4 cloves of garlic

2 cm ginger

4 red chillies 

1 large tomato

Set B

2 tbsp aminah's masak merah powder

1/2 cup water

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

5  pieces of 3 joint chicken wing

Set C

1/3 of a capsicum diced

1 large tomato wedged

Method: 

Blend the items in set A together till smooth. 

In a wok, put about 3 tbsp of oil. Then, fry A till fragrant. 

Add in the items in set B then fry it some more. 

Once you're satisfied that the rempah/spice paste is nicely fried and has oxidized to a nice deep colour, add in the chicken. Reduce the flame and cover for 15 mins. Add in set C and cover for another 10 mins. 

Taste to make sure there's enough sugar and salt in there. 

Optional: throw in some fresh mint leaves. 

That's it! Prep in less than 10 minutes and cooking for about 40 mins. Serve with a side of plain rice and a raita. Woot!

Shix bakes: orange olive oil cake

This simple orange cake i got from http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2013/07/olive-oil-orange-cake/is super moist and delish. The first of my Eid cakes. 

Ingredients:

4 small mandarin oranges (peeled)

Rind of 2 of the oranges

1/3 Cup Olive Oil

1 Cup Plain Flour

1 Cup Self-rising flour

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
Pinch of Salt

4 Large Eggs
1 1/2 Cups Sugar

Method: 

Prep oven at 160deg. 

Blend oranges and rind till slightly chunky before adding the oil. 

In another bowl ready the dry products mixing it evenly

In yet another bowl whisk the eggs till light and fluffy before adding the sugar. Then add the flour and orange mixture into the eggs, alternating between the two. Be careful not to over mix. 

I baked it for about 45 mins then left it there for another hour or so while I went out for Iftar and ran errands thus the dark crust. Remember to take it out sooner if you want it less brown. 

That's it! Easy and alhamdulillah delicious. 

Wadduppp!

Alhamdulillah alhamdulillah alhamdulillah. I'm back after the eons that I was missing for coz of the crazy wedding issues. It's been about 4 months since the wedding. Now we're getting used to the house that we moved I into the night if our wedding..

(It's not exactly what I wanted but we make do)

Some new kitties 

And lots of cooking and baking. 

Updates soon!