for me, cny preparations has not really started until the cookies starts baking :) .. well this year i'm feeling a little lazy so decided to cut down the
baking. the first n new stuff we (mom n i
) made this year were the seaweed crunchies. happy to say it turned out great! even our adopted cats loved it!! (however bronte seems to be ignoring it ....). the cost was about rm6 a jar (the normal cny cookies plastic jar). in the market it's going for like rm18 per jar n the jar is smaller! imagine the $$ they earn!same old favourites
next is mom's famous pineapple jam tart. mom hurt few of her fingers while scrapping the pineapples for the jam part. well making pineapple tarts is not only a lot of work but hazardous too. heehee. well u can buy the ready made pineapple jam (as we have done past 2
yrs) but it doesnt taste that nice. n too much sugar were added too!mom made kueh bunga/ros the next day and it was a disaster. she blamed me for the recipe. luckily the next day it turn out good n yummy :)
then feeling up to the mood, i managed to make our signature choco butter cookies. decided not to make the more mundane butter cookies. it turn out ok although mom n i had some disagreement along the way. haha. typical.
tradition revived
mom will be preparing the stuff to make kuih bangkit today. so hopefully i will get to taste the melt in the mouth traditional cookie. i still remember mom n granny making it in kelantan long2 ago. i think more than 20 yrs i've not eaten our own homebaked kuih bangkit. wish us luck!
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