Famous Amos Alike Cookies... Nom Nom Nom

Famous Amos Alike Cookies

Who doesn't like Famous Amos Cookies?? I believe most of us love the texture, love the Nom Nom Nom taste of the it.

Here it goes (Adapted from Fun at Sassy's Kitchen)

Ingredients A:

200g caster sugar

220g packed brown sugar

225g butter

1 cup of canola oil

1 egg

1 tbspn milk

1 tsp vanilla essence

Dry ingredients:

500g all purpose flour, sieved

1 tsp salt

1 tspn cream of tar tar

1 tspn baking soda

350g semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method:

1. Cream the butter and 2 type of sugar till fluffy. Add in the oil, egg, milk, vanilla essence and continue to whisk till well incorporated.

2. Add in the dry ingredients - sieved flour, baking powder, cream of tar tar and fold in gently till mixed.

3. Fold in the chocolate chips (add some nuts if you like)

4. Scoop a teaspoon of the mixture and place on the lined baking tray.

5. Baked in a preheated oven of 180C for 15 mins.

Be patient! Do Allow to cool before eating to have Nom Nom Nom feel. 

For gifts, pack them individually in cookies bag. DaDaDa!

Ready for Teachers' Day! 

Eggless Tiramisu Flower Pot Cup

Looking for something which is easy for my son to prepare for his teachers' day gift... The in thing now.. Flowerpot... what's good to go with it? Our all time favourite... Eggless Tiramisu ...... Quick and no fuss.. Becos it is eggless!

Eggless Tiramisu Flower Pot (Adapted from The Baking Biatch)

Ingredients:

(A) Cream Mixture

       250g mascarpone Cheese

       1 tbspn caster sugar (original call for 2 tbspn)

       2 tbspn thickened cream

       3 tbspn Kahlua (omitted)

(B) Sponge Fingers - 1 pack

(C)  Coffee

       3 tbspn instant coffee (I used Nescafe Blend37 as I like the aroma of that particular coffee)

       150ml hot water

       5 tbspn Kahlau (Omitted for some..)

(D) Cocoa powder (Valrhona, available at Sun Lik Trading)

Method:

1) Prepare C and set aside.

2) Mix all the ingredients in A till well blended.

3) To fit the fingers into the flower pot, cut the fingers in 3 parts. 

4) Quick-dip the fingers into the Coffee mixture, line it in the flower pot.

5) Scoop a tbsp of cream mixture over the sponge fingers. Dust with a layer of the cocoa powder on top of the cheese mixture.

6) Repeat Step 4 & 5 till it is close to brim of the flower pot. (we laid 3 layers)

7) Chill the cake for at least 4 hrrs.

8) Decorate it with some mint leaves (looks like a plant)

For Gift, we placed in a muffin box which fit perfectly. DaDaDa!