Day: Thursday
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Class: Pomegranate
Theme: Happy Chinese New Year
Teacher: Ms Yeong
Baking Almond Cookies
Finally, the day has arrived and the children were very excited asking about the baking process and the name of the cookies.
Before we started, I introduced all the ingredients that we needed and I have weighed it accordingly. My initial plan was to allowed the children to help me to add in the ingredients step by step. However, there were some miscommunication that the amount of butter that I have in hand was not sufficient to mix 2 big portion. As a result, I have to redo all the weighing work again and reduced it back to one portion only.
The recipe is as followed:
Ingredients A:
1) Butter 180g
2) Castor sugar 90g
3) Salt 1/8 tbp
Ingredients B:
1) Flour 135g
2) Rice flour 90g
3) Ground almond 90g
Decorations:
Almond flakes or nibs
1) Cream the butter and castor sugar until light and fluffy.
2) Add in salt and mix well.
3) Fold in mixture B and mix it into soft dough
After I have mixed the butter, sugar and salt, I get the children to take turn to help me to mix the mixture B into soft dough.
I demonstrated to the children how to press and roll the soft dough into a ball before pressing it lightly to form an oval shape. Some of the children could do it individually while some needed some guidance. After doing it for a while, some commented that it seems they are playing with play dough. I didn't manage to take any pictures after that as my hands were very oily.
Tomorrow the children will count and see how many cookies they could bring home tomorrow.
Thank you Teacher Yong. It's yummy! Xun asked if we can do it again at home? Haha,may I have the full recipe and around how many cookies they had made? Thx! =)
回复删除Thank you Teacher Yong. It's yummy! Xun asked if we can do it again at home? Haha,may I have the full recipe and around how many cookies they had made? Thx! =)
回复删除Glad to hear that the cookies are yummy!
回复删除Yes you may have the recipe. With this measurement, you might make about 48-50 depends how big and thick. You can also opt for using cookie cutter which makes it fun!
Butter 180g
Castor sugar 90g
Salt 1/8 tsp
Vanilla essence (optional)
Plain flour 135g
Rice flour 90g
Ground almond 90g
Decorations : either almond nibs or flaked
Mix the butter, sugar and salt well. Fold in the mixture of all flour,rice flour and the ground almond.
You can either roll it into a ball and press a little or you can roll the dough into a thin sheet of about 3mm and use the cookie cutter to make your own desired shape!
Bake at 180°C for 15-20 mins till lightly brown.
Happy baking!