cookies and biscuits making

unbaked chocolate chip cookies
baked chocolate chip cookies

unbaked bourbon biscuit

baked bourbon biscuit

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I kind of having a very tiring weekend especially today. As Doreen is kind enough to bring me to the city to see a 'g' doc and have a check up. And we two have been spending money none stop.. looking for some scrapbooking stuff, clothes, baking stuffs... woooww.. really make full use of the day and reach back home around 5pm. I planned to take a rest after the whole day trip but Doreen saw my recipe books hanging here and there around the living room and she feels like makin something and I asked her wat she wants to make.. she named so much but I dun have the ingredient. So I say why not make cookies and asked to choose something to make and she chose the chocolated chip walnut cookies.. she says she wants to take a bath before doing it so I just went to the kitchen and get ready all the ingredients.. while I was waiting for her, I flipped the pages and the Bourbon biscuit caught my attention. Its soo simple and I really feel like making the cookies using the pastry/cookies cutter. hehe.. so end up Doreen making the chocolate chip with walnuts cookies and I make the Bourbon biscuit... end result.. perfect... always give credit to our own.. especially Doreen, as this is the first time she make this type of cookies...

I will only type in the recipe for the bourbon biscuits as I already have a chocolate chip recipe typed in way back...

Ingredients:

(A)

150g plain flour (sifted)

25g corn flour(sifted)

20g cocoa

(B)

100g butter/margarine (I used butter)

100g sugar (can lessen abit)

(C)

1 egg yolk

1tsp vanilla essence

(D)

decoration:

chocolate chip / chocolate rice

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients (A) in a bowl.

2. Beat ingredient (B) well or till fluffy.

3. Add egg yolk and vanilla essence. Continue to mix it for another minutes or so.

4. Mix (A) and (B).

5. Form a dough. Roll to 3mm or 5mm thick. Cut into any shape you like with a pastry/cookies cutter.

6. Put on greased tray. Prick with fork to prevent the biscuit from rising.

7. Sprinkle chocolate chip on the top.

8. Bake in oven at 175 to 180 deg. cel. for 15 to 20 minutes.

9. Let the cookies and biscuits cool down before putting it in the containers

Banana Walnut cheesecake

I only get to eat a very nice walnut cheesecake in Bandar, and can says i only tried it twice, y? cos is very expensive for one slice. and I dun always hav the chance to go there as hubby dun allow.. haha.. well one thing.. to costly and second too fattening for a slice.

and very recently, i found a walnut cheesecake recipe and its so fantastic. but now its all gone.. well.. sharing is caring, i treat my fren this new make cake.. thank goodness it set and is in one piece and not a puree form.. and i m so impressed with myself. but hubby says i cannot do it too often.. haha.. well .. here goes.. the recipe... so easy ..

Ingredients

Base:

185g digestive biscuit

100g melted butter

Filling :

2 eggs

1 handful chopped walnut

1/4 cup blended walnut

500g cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup mashed banana

Method:

Base

crush the biscuit in a blender till fine crumbs. add melted butter in and mix well. press mixture into the 23cm springform cake tin. bake for 15 minutes at 180 deg. cel.

Filling

1. Beat cream cheese, caster sugar and add in mashed banana on medium speed till well blended.

2. Add egg one at a time. mix well till creamy and add in blended walnut and the chopped walnut.

3.pour mixture over biscuit base.

4. Bake at 180 deg. cel. for 40 to 50 minutes. turn off oven and leave the door ajar for the cake to cool for 30 minutes. remove from oven and loose the side of the cake tin. let it cool in room temperature.

well, i will definitely make this cake again. cos i loves it so much.. so much yummier than the other cheesecake i make.