汤圆 。。。 "冬至快乐"

Ingredients

• 100gm Glutinous Rice Flour
• 5gm Tapioca Flour

§ Pinch of salt

• 60-90gm Water

§ Food Colouring

Filling

• 50gm Black Sesame Powder
• 20gm Castor Sugar
• 10gm Butter
• 1/8- 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Cold Water

Or you can change to red bean paste/peanut butter paste/douyong paste

Soup

• 1000ml Water
• 6# Chinese Red Dates
• 3# Honey Dates
• 50gm White Fungus, soaked
• 50gm Rock Sugar
• 5pcs Pandan leaves, knotted

Method

1. To prepare filling: Combine black sesame paste, sugar, butter, salt and water in a small bowl. Mix until it holds together. Take a tiny portion and press well together to form a very tiny ball. Leave aside the balls of filling.

2. Place glutinous rice, tapioca flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Add in the centre of water to mix into soft and pliable dough. Divide dough into four portions.

3. Leave one portion plain and to the other, add a few drops of pink / green / yellow food colouring.

4. Take a portion of dough and make a small dent in the centre. Add a ball of black sesame seeds/others filling. Wrap up neatly and roll into a round ball of tong yuen.

5. Bring a pot of water to a boil, drop in the balls of tong yuen and cook until they start to float. Remove with a slotted spoon into a basin of cold water.

6. In the meantime, combine water, honey dates, white fungus, red dates and rock sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer for at least 20 minutes.

7. Add pandan leaves. Simmer for another 2-3 minutes.

8. Dish out the white fungus soup and serve topped with the balls of tong yuen.

Cream Cheese Mints

Ingredients & Method:

• 105 gm Cream Cheese, softened
• 20 gm Butter, softened
• 450 gm Icing Sugar
• 3 drops Peppermint oil
• any color food coloring paste (optional)

1. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, and icing sugar. Mix in peppermint oil. Color as desired with food coloring paste, or leave white.

在一个大碗里，混合奶酪，牛油和糖粉. 加入薄荷油. 如需要可加入食用色素，或让它白色.

2. Roll mixture into small balls, and place on parchment paper. Flatten with a fork or icing presser dipped in icing sugar. Let dry for about 2 hours on parchment paper, then freeze or refrigerate.

滚动面糊成小球，放在油纸上.用叉子或模具压扁浸进糖粉。让它干燥在油纸约2小时，然后冷冻或冷藏.

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White Chips with Macadamia Cookies

Ingredients & Method:

• 170 gm Butter, softened
• 150 gm Icing Sugar
• 1-1/2# Egg
• 7 gm Vanilla Essence
• 210 gm Superfine Flour
• 3 gm Baking soda
• 150 gm Macadamia nuts, chopped
• 350 gm White Chocolate Chips
• 50 gm Golden Raisin, chopped

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla one by one. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and vanilla chips. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 170 degrees C for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.

搅拌奶油和糖. 逐粒倒入鸡蛋和香草精. 混合面粉和苏打粉，逐步加入面糊. 拌入坚果，白巧克力粒和黄金葡萄. 用茶匙堆在烤盘距离2’inch. 在170度烤10-12分钟或至金黄色. 冷却1分钟，取出放在铁丝架.

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Chocolate Chip Meringue Drops

Ingredients & Method :

• 4 # Egg Whites
• 175 gm Caster Sugar
• 10 gm Vanilla Essence
• 30 gm Cocoa Powder
• 180 gm Semisweet Chocolate Chips
• 100 gm Pistachio nut, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 120 degrees C. Line baking pan with parchment paper, and set aside.

预热烤箱至120’C. 预备烤盘与油纸，备用.

2. Beat the egg whites on high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar while continuing to beat until they hold stiff peaks. Mix in the vanilla and cocoa on low speed, then fold in chocolate chips by hand. Drop small mounds of the mixture onto the prepared baking pan, spacing 1 inch apart. Sprinkle pistachio nut for decoration.

用快速度搅拌蛋白直至蛋白软峰.慢慢加入糖，同时继续打至持有硬性发泡. 倒入香草精和可可粉在低速度搅拌，然后用手加入巧克力粒. 把面糊像小土堆在预备的烤盘，每个面糊距离1’ inch. 撒上开心果作装饰.

3. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven. Turn off oven, and leave the cookies in the oven for 2 more hours, or until centers are dry. Remove from pan and store in an airtight container.

放进预热烤箱烘焙1小时.然后关掉烤箱，把饼干放在烤箱里2个小时，直至饼干的中心干透. 从烤盘取出，装进一个密封的Container里存放.

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Cinnamon Roll

Ingredients & Method :

(a) 235 ml Warm milk

1 Egg

30 gm Butter

25 gm Sugar

3 gm Salt

455 gm Bread flour

6 gm Instant Yeast

(b) 75 gm Butter

70 gm Brown sugar

30 ml Milk

120 gm Walnuts, Chopped

(c) 55 gm Butter, Melted

80 gm Brown sugar

5 gm Ground cinnamon

50 gm Walnuts, Chopped

80 gm Golden Raisins

1. Place milk, egg, butter, sugar, salt, flour and yeast in bread machine pan. Make sure you add yeast last. Set bread machine on Dough cycle and begin.

把牛奶，鸡蛋，牛油，糖，盐，面粉和酵母倒入面包机. 注意最后才加入酵母. 设置面团旋转搅拌.

2. In a medium sauce pan, melt 1/3 cup butter over medium-low heat. Stir in 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and 1 cup walnuts. Stir constantly until well blended. Pour this sauce in a 9x13 inch pan; set aside.

在一个中型平底锅，以中低热量融化牛油.加入黄糖，牛奶，核桃不断的搅拌直到充分混合.倒入平底锅中9x13’inch, 备用.

3. After the cycle is complete, put the dough on a lightly floured board, and roll the dough into a rectangle about 10x15. Brush the dough with melted butter and sprinkle with brown sugar, sift in cinnamon, add in nuts and raisins.

面团搅拌均匀后，把面团板上轻轻的撒上面粉，并擀成长方形面团约10x15.把面团刷上融化的牛油，撒上红糖，筛上肉桂粉，加入核桃和葡萄干.

4. Roll the dough up tightly like a jelly roll, starting with the long side. Press the edges to seal. With a knife, cut the roll into one inch pieces. Place the pieces in the prepared pan on top of the caramel sauce.

紧紧的卷起面团像果冻.按边缘的密封。用刀切成一件卷筒1’inch厚.把卷筒放置在烤盘，顶部淋上焦糖酱.

5. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.

用湿布盖好，放置在一个温暖的地方发酵直到两倍大，约1小时半至2小时.预热烤箱至175摄氏度.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until brown. Remove from oven and immediately turn upside down onto a platter.

然后烘烤15至20分钟，直到成褐色，从烤箱取出，立即上下翻转在一个大盘子.

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Mini Cheese Cake

Ingredients

Base

• 55 gm Marie Biscuit
• 25 gm Icing Sugar
• 25 gm Unsalted Butter, melted

Filling

• 450 gm Cream Cheese, softened
• 100 gm Caster Sugar
• 15 gm Lemon Juice
• 2 gm Grated Lemon Zest
• 3 gm Vanilla Essence
• 2 Eggs
• 250 gm Strawberry Filling, for decoration

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 165 degrees C. Prepare 12pcs solo cup.

预热烤箱至165摄氏度，准备12个杯.

2. In a medium bowl, mix together the Marie Biscuit, Icing Sugar and melted Butter with a fork until combined. Measure a rounded tablespoon of the mixture into the bottom of each solo cup, pressing firmly. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 5 minutes, then remove to cool. Keep the oven on.

混合玛丽饼干，糖粉和融化牛油在一个中型碗,用叉子搅拌直到均匀.用饭匙衡量每个杯底一匙，压紧.放进预热烤箱烘烤5分钟，然后取出冷却. 烤箱保持温度.

3. Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in the egg.

搅拌奶油乳酪，糖，柠檬汁，柠檬皮，香草香精直到松软.加入鸡蛋.

4. Pour the cream cheese mixture into the solo cups, filling each until 3/4 full. Bake at 165 degrees C for 25 minutes. Cool completely and pour some strawberry filling on top for decoration. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

把奶油乳酪糊倒入杯，每个填至3 / 4满.放进预热烤箱烤25分钟。完全冷却后倒上一些草莓馅料作装饰. 放进冰箱准备冷藏.

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