Hari Raya Edition: Honey Cornflakes Wednesday, Sep 9 2009 

cornflakes and hari raya and honey dayah 3:55 am

Sya dubbed this as ‘the most evil of all kuih raya‘, and she was absolutely right to say that. I can finish an entire container of 50 by myself within 5 minutes; 10 minutes if I have a tiny ounce of self control. Tell me, who can resist cornflakes of buttery-honey goodness??! If you can, you’re missing out!

sya2

Well said, Sya!

Ingredients:

125g butter

250g Kellogs cornflakes

80g castor sugar

50ml honey

chopped almond (optional)

Directions:

1. Melt sugar and honey

2. Add butter to melted mixture, stir till combined. Leave it till it gets hot. Be careful not to over cook it, or the sugar will caramelise.

3. Mix cornflakes and chopped almond in a bowl.

Pour butter/sugar/honey mixture over cornflakes, and fold. Make sure every single piece of cornflake is coated with the mixture.

4. Spoon into papercups and bake at 160C for 5 to 10 mins.

Evil, I’m telling you. VERY EVIL. It’s hiding behind the veil of innocence. But looks can be deceiving.. Pure evil!

And whoever thought of using cinnamon sticks and star anise and cardomom to repel ants is a genius. But now my kitchen looks like rumah bomoh.

 

Hari Raya Edition: Chocolate cornflakes macaroon Tuesday, Sep 8 2009 

chocolate and cookies and cornflakes and hari raya dayah 8:20 am

I love this hari raya cookie! I can safely say that it’s always a hot favourite at everybody’s house! I remember once we attacked the whole jar of cornflakes macaroons and the host had to refill, AND we shameless finished that too. It’s really embarassing how we lacked self-control. Really. Can we call it cookie, when it doesn’t look like a cookie? If not, what else? Biscuit? Food stuff then!

The best thing about working with egg white and sugar is that clean up is easy. Well, as compared to butter, or anything greasy. I’ve always hated cleaning up after baking cupcakes and making frostings.

Ingredients:

115 ml egg white

255g chocolate chips (depends on how much you want!)

210g icing sugar

140g Kellogs cornflakes, lightly crushed

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1. Beat egg white at high speed till soft peaks are formed.

2. Add sugar bit by bit until it dissolves before adding more sugar.

3. Add vanilla essence only when it stiffens.

4. Add chocolate chips and cornflakes and fold.

5. Drop 1 tsp of mixture into small paper cups.

6. Bake for 30 to 45 mins at LOW temperature (some people do it at 160, I do it at 130C.. really depends on your oven) until surface is dried.