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. In celebration of food and dining experiences . |
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Exploring and discovering new restaurants Dining and chilling out with my loved ones Baking and cooking over the weekends Sharing my love for food with others
Vanilla bean pods (one can never have enough) Valrhona Cocoa powder Valrhona chocolate Macarons from Laduree and Pierre Herme Madelines mold Pretty cake stands (I only have one and only one) YUZU from Japan! (They taste great in almost anything) A food tour to Italy and France Opportunity to study at Le Cordon Bleu |
Thursday, December 20, 2007 What's Christmas without some festive goodies? Gingerbread cookies baking...  After buying my gingerbread man and girl cookie cutters, J and I were set to bake gingerbread cookies. I've always been a fan of Christmas bake stuff- they are all filled with spices, alcohol and festive joy. My first attempt at the gingerbread cookie turned out alright. Just that I realise that I'm not that great at decorating. My sis kept laughing at all my decorated gingerbread man and Christmas trees saying that they are either boring-looking or deformed. Well, even though I did destroyed a few, most of them turn out quite alright and cute-looking right? oh and I realised that gingerbread cookies taste better the day after they are baked! My next task- to bake a gingerbread house! Grins! maybe next Christmas. Till then, let's just savour these happy looking things. Gingerbread cookies Adapted from Delicious magazine makes 18 380g plain flour 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp mixed spice 125g unsalted butter 175g dark muscovado sugar 1 medium egg, beaten 4 tbsp maple syrup (we used honey) Preheat the oven to 190°C. Sift the flour, ginger and spice into a bowl. Rub the butter and sugar, removing any sugar lumps. Stir in the egg and maple syrup and mix well. Tip onto a floured surface and roll out to 5mm thick. Cut out shapes using festive cookie cutters and place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack. Decorate with icing. (Icing is mainly icing sugar mixed with a few tbsp of hot water and stirred till you achieve a thick and smooth consistency) Keep on an airtight box until the next day.   A tray-ful of colourful gingerbread cookies
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