coconut raisin cookies

i wanted to make butter cookies but when i looked in my pantry i had some small bags of coconut, raisins, chia and flax seeds. so i wanted to get rid of them by putting them in my cookie batter. 

it actually turned out great! to make the cookies, you need:

1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup oats
1 cup coconut threads/dessicated coconut
1/2 cup raisins (that's how much i had left)
1/4 cup soft brown sugar
2 tbsp chia seeds
2 tbsp flax seeds
1 tbsp honey (or less)
180g butter, melted

1. preheat the oven 160C on fan-forced. that's how you get the nice colour on the cookies.
2. put all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. mix the honey with the melted butter and pour into the dry ingredients.
4. stir until all dry ingredients are wet.
5. roll into balls and slightly flatten.
6. place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
8. i baked mine for 22 minutes because they were big.

in a way, the ingredients are mostly similar to anzac biscuits. the extra ingredients are the raisins, chia and flax seeds.

anyway, happy baking!

like to doodle?

i am a serial doodler and it's the thing that got me through all the lectures back in college. i stumble upon these awesome food safe markers, foodoodler when i was doing one of my usual online window shopping :D

i found mine here http://www.cakestuff.co.nz and i'm sure you can buy it at your local cake decorating supplier shop.

after i got mine, i've doodled on some of my cookies:

i've covered my cookies with white fondant and leave it to set overnight so i'll have a hard surface to doodle on. it was a lot of fun!
 


if you are interested, click on the bottom image link to go & get it....

cookies, anyone?

animals are cute and i think they are cuter when they are in pairs. this is dedicated to all lovebirds out there especially to all my mates tying the knot soon...

love birds!

 

 

thinking of ewe

 my personal favourite would be thinking of ewe. which one's your favourite?

recommended readings:

 

The Cake Decorators Motif Bible 150 Fabulous Fondant Designs With Easy-To-follow Charts and Photographs - 2007 publication.

fondant fun

i've been playing around with decorating cupcakes and biscuits with fondant. i've to say that i like fondant best on vanilla cookies. for me, the crunchiness of the cookie goes really well with the sweetness of the fondant. 

i enjoy decorating cookies with fondant more than decorating cupcakes. in my opinion, simple cookies becomes very elegant when decorated with fondant whereas fondant decorated cupcakes are just cute. but i think cupcakes are best swirl with lots of soft frosting on top.

Sunday funday

I make it a point now to only bake on weekends. This week, I baked on Sunday and I was also taking my decorating skills to the next level by using fondant. I bought ready to roll fondant because it's convenient but I do try to knead in the colouring myself. I started with basic cut outs. Will definitely try more fun decor projects in the future...

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache underneath the fondant.

Carrot and cream cheese cupcakes. This was so good that I didn't want to share with anyone else!

Butter cookies with fondant & very runny royal icing

Recommended reads:

Just photos

Here's what I've been up to since my last post a few months ago...

Chocolate cookies

Chocolate cupcakes with homemade chocolate fondant

Dark chocolate cupcakes & ganache

Christmas trees butter cookies

Chocolate cupcakes with meringue butter cream

'No-eggs, no-butter' chocolate cupcakes with 7 minutes  frosting

butter cookies

this is the recipe that i used for all my cookie decorating. i find that that the taste goes well with both royal icing and fondant.

butter cookies

Ingredients:

150g Unsalted butter, cut in small cubes

225g Plain flour

125g Caster sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

•  Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
• Sift the plain flour onto the butter. Rub the flour and butter together to make fine crumbs.  

•  Then stir in the caster sugar and vanilla extract. Knead together until mixture forms a firm dough.

• Roll on a sheet of baking paper with a rolling pin.
• Using your preferred cookie cutter, stamp onto the dough.
• Carefully transfer in onto the baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown.
• When done, transfer immediately onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

Happy Baking!!!