Thailand Japan and Vietnam Flag Sugar Cookies :D

Last week I had a chance to join the Environmental forum in Vietnam organized by AEON 1% club. It was a blast and I gained lots and lots of Japanese and Vietnamese friends. They are awesome and I was very pleased to meet them. The last night of the program held the Farewell party, we are told to bring along our souvenirs from Thailand so I decided to bake them FLAG SUGAR COOKIES :) It is original and it was by me!

YOU WILL NEED

flour 2+3/4cup

baking powder 1tsp

salt 1tsP

butter (room temperature) 170g

sugar 1cup

2 large eggs

milk 1tbsp

vanilla extract 1tsp

1. sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl

2. in a different large bowl, soften the butter and add in sugar

3. add in eggs, vanilla extract, and milk

4.mix in the flour

5.wrap the dough and store it in the fridge over night

6.remove the dough from the fridge and roll it. cut the dough into rectangular shapes

7. bake them at 180c for 12 min then reduce the heat to 160c and bake again for 10min

ICING

icing 450g

meringe powder 2 tbsp

water 1/3cup

1. combine every ingredient together

2. add in several drops of food coloring and stir it well

use the paint brush to decorate the cookies

Karei Cheese Shepherd's Pie

So, it basically Japanese Karei in a baking bowl, topped with Mozerrella cheese and covered it with mashed potatoes. Then bake it till the mashed potatoes is golden brown!

so cube up the carrots and potatoes

chop up the onions

in a pot add in oil and saute the onions

also carrots and potatoes

add in 850ml of water and meat of your choice ( in this case i used beef)

add in the whole package of japanese instant curry bar

closed the lid for 10 min and let it shimmered

poured it in the baking dish

MASHED POTATOES





CHEESE

sprinkle the cheese

top the baking dish with mashed potatoes

bake it the only upper heat with 200c

cheeeeeeeeeeeeese!

Shibuya Honey Toast (again)

I had written an entry about Shibuya honey toast already back when I started to write this blog but it was in Thai version.

http://cookiejarandcrackerbar.blogspot.com/2010/03/shibuya-honey-toast.html

This entry, my friend who studies photography took photo of the procedure for me

YOU WILL NEED

2.5 inch in length unsliced bread

40g melted butter

honey

sliced almonds

icing sugar for dusting

vanilla icecream

1. melt the butter in the microwave

2. slice the bread for 2.5 inches long and use the bread knife to half cut it like #

3. dip both sides into the butter

4.add tiny slices of butter between the bread

5.fry all of the 6 sides of the bread

6. topped it with 2 scoops of icecream

7.dress it with honey

sliced almonds

dust it with icing sugar and FINISH!