My Vintage Peanut Butter Cookies

Vintage Peanut Butter Cookies... Biskut Senyum??

Every Aidil Fitri, I would specifically looked for these cookies when visiting Pak Long and Mak Long. I love these cookies and I could only find these cookies at Pak Long and Mak Long's house and they were handmade by Mak Long. Asyik lupa nak mintak resepi and I kept in mind that I am gonna try to make these delicious cookies. 

I couldn't remember when, but I saw the non stick tray that can be used to make these cookies at AEON, apa lagi terus beli and balik cari resepi lah apa lagi.. cari punya cari jumpa and ambik gambar jer.. senang nak refer bila nak buat. Finally I did it last weekend. Alhamdulillah menjadi first attempt.. To me I'll add more peanut butter and a little bit more sugar next time.

Here is the recipe that Cik Ngah used, modified version;

The baking tray.... 

Bahan-bahannya;

1 biji kuning telur

100g mentega

50g lemak sayuran atau shortening

120g gula perang halus

200g creamy peanut butter

225g cookies flour *

150g tepung jagong*

1 s/k baking powder* 

1 s/k vanilla

50g kismis hitam

* ayak bersama

Cara-caranya;

1. Pukul mentega, lemak sayuran dan gula hingga kembang.
2. Masuk kunig telur dan kacau hingga rata.
3. Masukan esen vanila dan peanut butter dan kacau sebati.
4. Masukan tepung yg dah diayak,gaul sebati dan uli jadi sebuku.
5. Bahagi adunan dan buat bulat2 sebesar guli,
6. Sediakan acuan berbentuk cermai.
7. Letak kismis tengah2 dlm acuan
8. Masukan adunan dlmnya dan tekan2 bagi rata
9. Bakar dalam oven dengan suhu 160c selama 10 - 15 minit. (I used fan mode of my oven)

My Strawbery Chips Almond Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

 Ingredient A
1 ¼ cups self raising flour
½ cups cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon soda

Ingredient B
1 cup NESTUM
1 ½ cup strawberry chocolate chips
1 cup sliced almonds
150g butter/marjerin
100g brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:

1. Sift ingredients A together, then stir in ingredient B, mix well, set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla essence, mix well.
3. Fold in flour mixture, mix well.
4. Scoop a teaspoonful of mixture onto lightly greased oven trays.Allow room for the dough to spread.
5. Bake in pre-heated oven at 170 C for 15-minutes or until golden brown.

NOTE:

 

1. This recipe is my own concoction, mix and match from the NESTUM cookies recipes in Malaysian Women Weekly.
2. Gambar tak cantik, al-maklum cuma guna my Nokia E71...tengah cari camera. Mine dah rosak about 1 year dah, belum cari ganti!!!

My Pecan Treasure Log Cookies

Bahan-bahan:
Bahan A
2 cawan tepung gandum
¼ camca teh serbuk penaik
1 cawan NESTUM
1 cawan cincangan buah campuran

Bahan B
100g butter/marjerin
50g cawan gula perang halus
1 biji telur saiz A
1 camca the esen vanila

Bahan C
1 biji telur dipukul sebati
Coklat urai
Kacang Pecan (whole)

Cara-caranya:

1. Panaskan oven ke suhu 180C.
2. Ayak tepung dan serbuk penaik. Campur dan gaul rata bahan A ke dalam mangkuk.Ketepikan.
3. Dalam mangkuk lain krimkan butter/marjerin dengan gula sehingga ringan dan fluffy.
4. Masukkan bahan A dan kaup dan balikkan sehingga rata.
5. Bahagikan doh kepada 4 bahagian yang sama. Canaikan
6. dan atur pecan kemudian gulung doh ke bentuk silinder. Sapu telur kepada silinder doh dan gelekkan dengan coklat urai sehingga rata.
7. Bungkus doh dalam kertas kalis minyak dan sejukkan dalam peti sejuk selama 1 jam.Ulang dengan baki doh tadi.
8. Keluarkan doh silinder dan potong setebal 2 cm dan letak di atas tin pembakar yg telah di lenser.
9. Bakar selama 10-15 minit atau sehingga golden brown

The log after freezing....

Using sharp knife chop the log........

 

NOTE :

 

1. Another one of my mix and match recipe. I named it Pecan treasure log since the pecan nut is hidden in the log – silinder.
2. The pecan can be seen at the heart of the cookies surrounded with gems – the mixed fruits!! When the log is sliced…

My Macadamia Choc Chip Cookies

Bahan-bahan:

Bahan A
1 ½ cawan tepung naik sendiri
½ sudu teh baking powder
½ sudu teh soda
1 cawan NESTUM
1 cawan semi-sweet chocolate chips (preferably Hershey’s)
1 cawan macadamia cincang

Bahan B
150g butter/marjerin
(if using marjerin use Marjerin Seri – dalam bentuk kiub macam butter boleh dapat kat Giant)
150g gula perang halus
1 biji telur
1 sudu teh Vanila essence

Cara-caranya:

1. Panaskan oven ke suhu 175°C.
2. Campur dan gaul rata bahan A ke dalam mangkuk.Ketepikan.
3. Dalam mangkuk lain krimkan butter/marjerin dengan gula sehingga ringan dan fluffy.
4. Masukkan telur dan esen/jus dan pukul rata.Off kan mixer.
5. Masukkan bahan A dan kaup dan balikkan dengan senduk kayu sehingga rata.
6. Sudukan 1 sudu teh ke dalam dulang pembakar yang telah digreasekan.Jarakkan.
7. Bakar selama 10-15 minit atau sehingga golden brown

NOTE :

1. This is an award winning recipe among my family and office mate. Bila buat with cousins dan anak buah, biasanya bila siap yang tingal separuh jer.Really recommended..sedaaap!!!
2. Untuk membuat Delicious Macadamia Orange Choc Chip Cookies add kulit oren of 1 orange to bahan A and replace Vanilla essence with orange essence.
3. Utk senang dibentuk simpan doh dlm peti sejuk dan ambik sikit-sikit bila hendak dibentuk.
4. Macadamia boleh juga digantikan dengan Pecan. Only these two nuts work well with the recipe.

My NESTUM Melting Moments

Bahan-bahan:

Bahan A
1 cawan tepung naik sendiri
1 sudu teh baking powder
½ cawan NESTUM

Bahan B
125g butter/marjerin
1/3 cawan gula perang halus
1 biji telur saiz A

Bahan C
¾ cawan NESTUM untuk coating
Sliced red and green cheries (slice panjang2)

Cara-caranya:

1. Panaskan oven ke suhu 180°C.
2. Campur dan gaul rata bahan A ke dalam mangkuk.Ketepikan.
3. Dalam mangkuk lain krimkan butter/marjerin dengan gula sehingga ringan dan fluffy.
4. Masukkan bahan A dan kaup dan balikkan dengan senduk kayu sehingga rata.
5. Sudukan 1 sudu teh doh dan ‘Roll’ kan bebola ke dalam NESTUM cereal dari bahan C dan
   flatten slightly.
6. Aturkan dalam dulang pembakar yang telah digreasekan dan hiaskan dengan ceri hijau dan merah.Jarakkan.
7. Bakar selama 15-20 minit atau sehingga golden brown

NOTE :

1. This is another award winning recipe among my family and office mate, kurang manis and
   that’s why the cherries tu potong besar2 sikit.

My Bright Eyed Susan

My Bright Eyed Susan....

Ingredients:

8 oz self raising flour
8 oz butter or margarine
4 oz castor sugar
2 tbsp water
1 tsp Vanilla essence
1 egg yolk
1500g chopped cashew nuts
Red cherries

Method:

1. Heat oven to 180 C.
2. Sift flour.
3. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
4. Add in egg yolk, water & vanilla
5. Add flour, bit by bit and mix well
6. Form dough into balls and roll in the slightly beaten egg white, then roll into nuts.
7. Decorate with cherries, half or quarter cherries.
8. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

NOTE :

1. This is another award winning recipe among my family and office mate, kurang manis and that’s why the cherries tu potong besar2 sikit to own to the name lah Bright-Eyed!!
2. This receipe dapat dari my friend Kak Yat yang selalu bawa biskut ni lepas raya.Tapi ration 1 atau 2 keping jer sorang utk kami housemate dia.Sedap!! Kakak dia yang buat biskut ni and she passed away a few years back due to breast cancer.Al Fatihah.
3. This is one of raya cookies yang I akan buat. Then I lost the receipe, then the making of this cookies stop. Cari punya cari rupa-rupanya my other friend Kak Chik simpan this recipe , Alhamdulillah, will start to do the cookie again.

Recipe From Kak Chick, handwritten gitu!!!: