Greenie! (Matcha Brownie)

It's GREENIE not brownie because it it GREEN! After baking brownies with Reese's centered then I kinda think of new ways to make brownie works. So I decided to change cocoa powder to green tea and centered it with red beans pastes as a subtitution of Reese's chocolate. And guess what!? My friends lurve them!
INGREDIENTS:
flour (sifted) 1c
baking power 1/4tsp
butter 1c
sugar 1 1/4c
eggs 3
salt 1/2tsp
matcha powder 15g
a can of red bean paste

sift together flour, salt, and baking power




using a double boiler method: melt 1/2c of butter till it is all melted. then stir in matcha powder

in a mixer bowl, combine 1/2c butter and sugar till it looks like a fluffy butter cream

add in eggs and mix them well together once again


add in matcha mixture and mix the till it is nicely combined

red beans paste centered

stir red bean paste in a low heat saucepan till the paste is dry

dry enough to roll into small 1" balls

pour the batter in to a baking pan then press in red bean paste balls

Lemon Square

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY BROTHER!

A year has gone by so fast! It's his bd again; well he's always a big fan of lemon last year i did lemon curds crepe cake...

http://http://cookiejarandcrackerbar.blogspot.com/2010/10/lemon-crepe-cake-for-poos-20th-bd.html

So I flipped through my cook book to find sth lemon and Martha Stewart's lemon square strikes me.
Ingredients
Crust
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, frozen
3/4 cup icing sugar, plus more for dusting
3/4 teaspoon salt
Filling
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup whole milk
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, icing sugar, and salt.

grate butter on a cheese grater with large holes

Add butter; stir with a wooden spoon until combined and mixture looks crumbly

Transfer mixture to baking dish; press evenly onto bottom with your hands. Chill crust in freezer 15 minutes

Bake until slightly golden, 16 to 18 minutes.

Meanwhile, make filling: whisk together eggs, sugar, flour, and salt until smooth.



Stir in lemon juice and milk

pour filling mixture over hot crust. Reduce oven temperature to 160c and bake until filling is set and edges are slightly golden brown, about 18 minutes.

Grip paper; lift out dessert, and set on cutting board. With a sieve, dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into squares.

Beer Cake

It was one of my lovely friend's birthday,Poj on October 1st. well i couldn't ask for a better birthday cake idea apart from his favorite drink, beer.

so i used the basic chiffon cake follow the link below:

http://cookiejarandcrackerbar.blogspot.com/2011/10/basic-chiffon-cake.html

BEER SAUCE

500ml beer

40g flour

50g unsalted butter

1.simply pour 500ml of beer in the saucepan

2.add in flour and stir continuously on high heat at first

3.stir it for 8min then change it to low heat

4.till the bubbles come up

5.remove the sauce from the heat and add in the butter. stir a little just to let the butter melt and combine well with the sauce.

now cut the cake in half

cover both layers with sauce

topped with roasted sliced almonds

Oatmeal Cookies

I kinda like to bake with oatmeal lately and my brothers love oatmeal cookies. In this recipe I replaced raisin with sun-dried blueberries.

INGREDIENTS

2+1/4c flour

1tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1tsp baking soda

113g butter (softened)

1+1/4c brown sugar

1/2tsp salt

2tsp vanilla extract

2+1/2c oatmeal

3/4c raisin ( i used sun-dried blueberries)

1.sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt

2. in a different large mixing bowl: mix together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla

mix in medium speed

3.with low speed gradually add in flour

4.add in oatmeal

use spatula to blend oatmeal in the batter

5.use a small icecream scoop and place the batter 1" apart

6.use a spoon to press on the batter to be less thick (1cm) and top them with raisin

Bake it at 180c for 15min