Snow White's Cradle

Kalau nak ikutkan, I've never really been a fan of cutout cookies (maksudnya biskut yang kena terap), simply because I was never rajin enough to roll out the doh and bla3.

And in regards to icing cookies, I'd never go for royal icing finishing if the cookie was for normal makan2, because royal icing, as opposed to normal icing, tends to dry up and harden really fast. That and the decorating technique is slightly trickier (ie. wet on wet, border vs flooding, etc).

Needless to say, if you, like myself, like to work at a snail-like pace, this type of icing can end up fairly frustrating to handle.

However, I must admit, they make for cute gifts come the right occasions.

And the event was a friend for a friend's engagement item.

It was heart-shaped cookies with a white/pink color combo for the initials/deco.

Time buat cookies untuk Aida's doorgift the other day, tak sempat nak snap pics. And nak jadikan cerita, time buat untuk Wawa last Thursday pula tak teringat nak snap photo. Dah siap package dalam see-through case with the ribbons lagi. Aish. .

So, terpaksa lah adopt the leftover cookies dengan icing yang tinggal sikit, baki dari yang tinggal from her order (which would explain the all-white one layer comot icing (-_-') )

Tapi ada cerita dengan icing tu sebenarnya -- the first time bancuh icing tu, tak sukat barang siap2 (sengaja cari pasal, I know). So, with my mixer on beating the egg whites and me adding icing sugar bit by bit, baru perasan there was no lemon in the fridge. Then again, jangankan yang fresh, lemon juice pun nowhere in sight.

I thought I was dead meat.

. . .

Royal icing = Egg white + Icing sugar + Lemon juice

Itu kalau ikut resipi Kak Lynn ~ the one I made for Aida.

Nak keluar rumah pergi kedai, dah malam sangat -- it was sometime around 10++.

Wajib ke ada lemon tu, you ask.

In this case and recipe, wajib, because they're all to be mixed together and beaten. For that technique, acid from the lemon is required -- kalau tak, tak jadi icing - blob campuran macam fondant ada. That was what happened to Batch #1, whose bestfriend that night was the dustbin.

So my Ops Geledah Almari started -- tengok barang apa ada dalam cupboard. Luckily Mrs Cornflour ada. One other option -- kita go with white icing ala Mama Carries.

On mixer again, whipped up 2nd batch. Alhamdulillah kembang macam icing. Cumanya, icing macam ni is a bit runnier than your royal icing. But no choice, pandai2 la~

My surprise finding was that I like the taste of it better than the one with the lemon. Because paired with the almond cookie, I thought lemon was competing with the almond taste. In this case, they match up well together.

Not so good news - terrible consistency for piping, so initials yang Wawa nak tu chubby sikit, because the mix spreads a little.

Lucky me, I think Wawa liked the end product -- domo arigato!

Lalala~

Heart-shaped cookies with white icing

p/s: My 1st ever PNR migration @ 6 AM @ weekend -- breakfast buffet included k~ (^_^)v

More commonly, people divide brownies into 2 major categories, namely:

• Cake-y brownie (texture closer to cake -- soft & fluffy)
  
• Fudgy brownie (texture = dense & heavier, top is often cracked slightly)
  

Unveiling the end product. .~

The only ones from the recent times which I've managed to grab a pic of:

-Plg latest: Blueberry Cheesecake @ Merdeka Day ~ thanks Aida!-
(wrap-around the cake on top tu so that driver x spill blueberries while driving~)

-(L-R) Thank you to Lily, Ina, Wawa, and Laila!-

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah R.A. daripada Rasulullah SAW bersabda, maksudnya:
"Segala amal kebajikan anak Adam itu dilipat-gandakan pahalanya kepada sepuluh hinggalah ke 700 kali ganda.
Allah berfirman:
"Kecuali puasa, sesungguhnya puasa itu adalah untukKu dan Aku memberikan balasan (pahala) kepadanya, (kerana) dia (orang yang berpuasa) telah meniggalkan syahwat dan makan minumnya kerana Aku."

(Hadith riwayat Muslim)

Dari Ibnu 'Umar ra, katanya Rasulullah SAW bersabda:
"Carilah malam qadar itu pada sepuluh malam yang akhir bulan Ramadhan. Jika kamu lelah, maka janganlah dilewatkan pada tujuh malam yang masih tinggal."

(HR Muslim)