Sunday, October 28, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Coffee Madelines
- Coffee
- Sugar
The madeline pan is SUPER EXPENSIVE. Costs about $25. In the end i bought one that it's bear shaped and costs $11. Still... well... i can say that my madelines are really unique and will appeal to kids. Heh.
Here's the blurry picture of it, fresh from the oven. It has enough coffee in it to give you a good kick, so my sister says. BEARY BEARY GOOOOOD...
Monday, September 17, 2007
Chocolate Chip Cookies - Supposed to be flecked.. lazy to chop.
TA-DA!
I messed up the size.. 'tbsp' and 'tsp'. Guess what those meant...
"table spoon" and "teaspoon" respectively. Can you believe it!!!
The cookies should've been teaspoon - drop onto baking sheet. All the time it was baking, I was hoping they wouldn't expand and get stuck together.
Honey Walnut Brownies
Though they turned out a little crumbly, the taste is great. I used wild honey, so the brownies wasn't too sweet. In fact, there a a slight tang to it. i figured since there was honey in it, wouldn't it be sweet to make one in a heart shape? Hence what you see above. And the rest of the batter went into the baking pan below. If I make this again i think I'll use old fashioned honey instead of the wild honey. No tang, but maybe the brownies will be more moist. My assumption.
Other than honey, there're walnuts, of which my Dad bought 1KG worth.
Sigh. Never ever ask a male to buy baking foodstuffs for you. It's either wrong, too much, or just plain unbought. Still, with a huge bag of walnuts, there's no need for me to buy any more for a long while. Long term savings. Is this Daddy's foresight? Was I mistaken?? Hmmm...
Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the steaming-fresh-from-the-oven brownies.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Banana Brownies
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Breakfast Brownies



- Coffee
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Dark Chocolate
- Walnuts
How I made it :
After cutting the brick of butter in half, I tore off some of the wrapping to butter the baking pan. The recipe I was following stated a 9-inch baking pan but I only have an 8-inch one. Who cares as long as it got baked, right?
Due to not having enough bowls, I put aside the flour, baking powder and salt. I figured I can sift them straight into the mixing bowl since I had to add them later anyway.
Then I attempted to melt the butter and brown sugar in a pot. It became a weird brown gooey mixture that just looked as though the sugar was just floating in the melted butter. My mum assured me that it was alright, as the sugar had 'caramelised'. <--Huh?
To cool the mixture quickly, I had it transferred to a metal bowl and put in water. While it cooled, I suddenly remembered that the coffee hadn't gone in yet! So I dumped the coffee in and stirred. Even if it didn't melt into the mixture, heat from baking will do the trick, I figured.
Next the vanilla and eggs went in, and I sifted the flour, baking powder and salt straight into the mixing bowl. Chocolate and walnuts went in next and then I had a mixture that looked more like cookie dough than brownie batter.
Cookies are great too, I guess.
DOH! I forgot to preheat the oven! While waiting, I stir the mixture in hopes that it'll create some miracle and not be so 'cookie-dough-ish'.
Beep! Oven done preheating... I slide the pan in... and promptly went to watch cartoons.
Here's how the brownies turned out :
It looks and smells great! (surprisingly) Mum and her deft cutting makes light work of the slab of brownie, turning them into uniform little bite size squares.
Only Mum, Dad and I know that those brownies were made by me. I woke early to make the brownies, and in case it failed, there would be no witnesses, but as luck would have it, Mum and Dad are early risers. (-_-!)
So the brownies were left to cool on the table while I went back to finish sleeping. When I woke up, about half were already eaten! Quickly, I whipped my phone and took pictures of my creation before it was completely gone.
While my sister was chewing on a brownie, I asked how it tasted. Her eyes widened in shock as she realised that I'd made it. She thought it was store-bought!
TAKE THAT, YOU PROFESSIONAL BAKERS!
*Victory dance*




