the return of the cookies

i think i know why my sore throat is so persistent this time round.. i had it since the ktv session with the uni gang, which was slightly more than a week ago le..

last monday baked cookies.. and.. how to know if my cookies are edible or not before letting the others to try.. i had to try it myself.. plus, it's the first time trying this recipe.. first few round gotta trial and error a bit to get the timing, size and other factors correct... each try i need to try the cookies wor.. then i gotta try the cookies when it's fresh from oven, left to cool a while and oso when it's cool... then after the whole baking thingy.. i gotta try how's it's like from the fridge.. hahahaha.. so i actually ate QUITE A LOT of the cookies.. where's my exercise regimen???

after the cookie baking, i had the chocolate fondue mini party on friday.. great.. choc fondue.. do i have to go on and say how sinful is it? WHY AM I NOT EXERCISING YET??? blame it on the weather.. t(*.*t)

then now... i'm baking the cookies again! then needa try during the initial baking.. trying new sizes of the cookies.. so need to know if the baking time is right or not.. and hengly it's okay.. my microwave oven is freaking small.. i onli onli bake 9 cookies at 1 good.. 12min baking time.. while baking i needa prepare the next batch.. i can bake ard 45-50 cookies with the amt of ingredient i'm using at the moment.. that will be around, say 6 batches.. 1 min for mi to let the oven cool off a bit, take out the cookies, put in the new batch, close oven, set time and temp, start.. 6 x 13min = 78min.. OMG~ 1+ hr for less than 50 cookies.. "LAO BU AH!! CAN I GET A BIGGER OVEN??" if i can bake 12 cookies each time, i will onli need 4 batches! 52min!! less than an hour.. omg.. that's a lot of diff!!

then i realised the cost of baking cookies.. it's way cheaper than buying cookies itself.. hahaha.. alright, don't consider the time spent it.. if i had the proper equipment i could bake them faster.. and how's the taste of it? hey! it's not bad okay!


baking process

oh yeah.. i left out the preparation of the dough.. but, oh well, it took way lesser than baking itself.. the dough was prepared the night before.. it gotta be cold hard so i can roll it into ball shape and coat it with the icing sugar...


the cookies in the box on the left side is cookies which have been left cool already.. those on the right side are overturned and left to cool... this time i coated it with more icing sugar.. looks nicer.. and not noticeably sweeter.. but then.. juz give it a knock the icing will fall liao.. hahaha! that's the idea u see.. the icing sugar is there to make it look like snow! and it's behaving like 1 too! great!


after baking, time to pack them.. and then i realised something else.. the freaking cookie bags i bought are big!!! i think to fill them up nicely, i need 20 odds cookie.. that means each time i can onli fill up 2 bags and give them as gift!!! screw it.. i'll juz say the cookies are precious stuff.. limited stock.. sub 50 are produced each time.. so, if u received them, BE GLAD THAT YOU DID RECEIVE IT! sian.. should have juz bought those clear plastic gift wrapper can liao.. thot a flat base will look nicer.. end up the bag looks so empty bcos too big..

there.. pack into the bags.. and i had to cut half of the bag away.. hahahahahaa! that was so lame.. these 3 bags are for the 3 sisters - the fellow retard, DS girl and the pig... think i needa bake more if i really intend to give to more pple.. oh.. got another bag, but i never take photo of it.. 4 bags down.. 16 more to go... more baking to come!!!!!


alright time to sleep.. tml is subject registration day... gotta wake up by 1pm.. and get ready for fastest finger first.. though i think i dun really have to go for it.. vacancy isn't really an issue this time round...