COOKIE UPDATE

Heh people out there!!!

I am back!!!! I am not back full time, but once a while here and there!!

There are still a lot of things I wanna share with everyone and logging down the memories I made throughout my life. 

I have give my blog a rest for a few months, and I did miss it a lot a lot just that I have to set my priorities straight. 

Work and life come before my blog. 

I am not leaving and am slowly updating my blog!
There's a post pending to be publish tomorrow so check it out alright?

I stopped going for events or accept any reviews for now, since I can't commit plus,

I do not want to just rush the posts out just to hit datelines and can't write a sincere and better post because of that.

Other than events and reviews, I am sure there are much more stuff to be written right?

There are a few stuffs I will definitely write these few days so please be patience with me and wait for them alright?

A lot had happened to me and I travelled some places here and there too!

I was hospitalized for a few days too and the feeling sucks, though because of it I get to see some of my dear friends whom I haven't been seeing for awhile and realise who are my true friends out there too.

Attended a few weddings too and perhaps might write a combination post for them!!

Changed my header and my sidebar photos from my recent trip and Harajuku Fashion Walk Singapore.
Somewhat found the old one really childish and over-designed :(

Here are some posts that I will come out with!!!!

- my JAPAN trip in 2013.10

- weddings attended, bridesmaid or not. 
- 1st Harajuku Fashion Walk Singapore

- BORACAY trip 2014.05

- work updates with PARTY 

- last year PARTYS, birthdays & xmas. (even though its late overdue they are too awesome not to be shared)

- gym and health related

- recipes?

- DIYs, I started DIY-ing again!

- trips & excursions that I personally been to and not invited events. 

PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME HO-KAY,

I am still active on Twitter and Instagram too :D

So you can always find me there^^

@cookiehuijin

[recipe] Matcha Shortbread Cookies

Few weeks ago I baked some Matcha Shortbread Cookies, and I am finally blogging about it with THE RECIPE ^^

Baked the cookies to give tonton's sister actually, but I made a little too many. 

Gave this bottle to tonton's sister.

I actually took one hour just to get the bottle decorated.

It was actually skippy peanut butter's container, can't tell right?

Cleaned it up, remove the label, etc. etc.
I always have scrap cloth lying around so, tadah. and a ribbon!! 

TRANSFORMED.

Anyway, back to the cookies.

I was google-ing around and found Martha Steward recipe easier to follow through.

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/224621/earl-grey-tea-cookies

The above recipe really makes a lot, so I cut the recipe in half, give and take.

Am going through the recipe step-by-step, but I will still type a full recipe at the bottom, for easier keeping sake?

Ingredients  

- 1 cup all-purpose flour  

 - 2 tablespoons of Matcha Powder- pinch of salt 

  - 1/2 cup (115g/1stick) UNSALTED butter, softened at room temperature 

 - 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

This recipe can be used for Earl Grey shortbread cookies too, just sub the matcha powder with earl grey tea.
open the tea bags and dump it in.
The recipe above, takes around 2 tea bags worth, give or take.
As it all depends on individual likings.

You can find everything in NTUC, I swear, even the matcha powder which you should find under the international section instead.

Actually if you looked at my photo, I did not actually use all-purpose flour, but cake flour instead.
The outcome will be slightly different, texture wise but it's still alright.

It's always better to sift your flour as they will lump together, but I am really lazy, and cake flour are slightly finer so I do not really need to bother about sifting much?

Also, please, please, please remember to use UNSALTED butter.
I used the salted ones and even omitting out the "pinch of salt" you can still taste the saltiness of the butter, which is a no good at all.

Whisk flour, tea and salt in a bowl. set aside.

I poured in a little too much matcha powder here, cause I am really a tea person?
Plus, this was all I left in my tiny can of matcha powder, so might as well pour everything in?

Cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl, until light and fluffy.Around 2-3 minutes if you are using the electric mixer, low-medium speed.

Slowly pour in the flour-tea mixture, over low speed with the electric mixer till everything are nicely combined.

I am still using the super old, hand held electric mixer which is actually a chore cause it's really tiring to hold it while mixing.
Mum refuse to buy anything new unless this old fellow decided to die on us, and that's still a maybe.

Anyone one or dear sponsors would like to nicely sponsor me or give me a electric mixer please.
I don't even need a super good one, but just one basic mixer will do fine.
I am still wishing.

Knead and roll the dough into a log, estimated 1 1/4 inches in diameter.
Place log on parchment paper.
Seal the tube by twisting the ends or you wrap with cling wrap like what I did.

Place the log into the freezer, for 45minutes to an 1 hour.

Seriously, do not put your dough for more than an hour, otherwise it will be too hard, and when it start melting it will be too watery.
45 minutes will be just alright.

This is what happened when the dough got too soft to be cut.

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit) / 175 degrees (Celsius)
Cut logs into 1/4 inch thick slices.

Or you can use cookie cutter too for patterns and shapes.

Since mine was too soft, so I roll them into balls and pressed them flat instead.

Place them slightly apart as the cookies will slightly expand while baking.

Bake the cookies for around 13-15 minutes, rotating them half way through.
Let cool on sheets or cooling rack before serving or packaging.

You can always eat them over tea and coffee and would be perfect for a little tea-time snack.

It's really easy to make, but just time consuming.
Not to mention the cleaning part. ohmygee.

MATCHA SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Ingredients

- 1 cup all-purpose flour  - 2 tablespoons of Matcha Powder- pinch of salt  - 1/2 cup (115g/1stick) UNSALTED butter, softened at room temperature  - 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

Whisk flour, tea and salt in a bowl. set aside.Cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl, until light and fluffy.
Around 2-3 minutes if you are using the electric mixer, low-medium speed.

Slowly pour in the flour-tea mixture, over low speed with the electric mixer till everything are nicely combined.

Knead and roll the dough into a log, estimated 1 1/4 inches in diameter.Place log on parchment paper.Seal the tube by twisting the ends or you wrap with cling wrap like what I did.


Place the log into the freezer, for 45minutes to an 1 hour.

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit) / 175 degrees (Celsius)

Cut logs into 1/4 inch thick slices.Or you can use cookie cutter too for patterns and shapes.

Place them slightly apart as the cookies will slightly expand while baking.

Bake the cookies for around 13-15 minutes, rotating them half way through. 

Let cool on sheets or cooling rack before serving or packaging.

The knitted Bow tie

Remember the bow tie I knitted previously?

Yes this one!

I have managed to undo it and get a hair tie on~

and tadah! okay it don't really look any different but this is with the hair tie!

this is actually going to be send to Australia for my friend Natalie :)

I am really happy to get likes on the photos and positives comments from my friends :)
It really motivates me to do even more of this :)

Not forgetting to thank Cally muamie and Yinkwan for teaching me and get me started with knitting!
Without them, I won't be even knitting right now.

So perhaps, I shall knit more for the fun, the passion, erm and to earn some extra cash ^^
AM TAKING ORDERS RIGHT NOW PEOPLE :)
and cally is nice enough to put it on their fb shop

please kindly support her at STYTCHES 

KNITTED BOW HAIR TIE :) @ PRICE TO BE FIXED :P

Anyway, this is how it look like on me.
Late at night and I took this in the toilet.
My hair is too short and too thin to hold it up, but you can roughly gauge the size of it?

on a side note, omfg so act cute :X

New Blog Link

So, I moved from my wordpress back to Blogger again, since I really had fun playing with my template?
I missed my old chat box/tag board too.

I took the old one from my very, very old blog?
Delete all the past messages and got it up here instead.

Yeah, the old blog still stays, for archiving and laughing purpose.

I really do love the background.
Photoshop it so it do look like it will be able to tile.

The header, just very simple, maybe one day I will draw something crazy.
For now, just this.

21st Birthday Wish List

Hi people, my 21st Birthday is coming :) *throws confetti*
I was suppose to write my wish list awhile ago, but I just kept on postponing it.

Anyway, if you are too lazy to read through, just skip this post.
For those who are coming, you can like just give me an ANG BAO and VOUCHERS if you do not want to go shopping, plain lazy, or do not know what to get :X

YEAH, I AM GONNA BE THICK SKIN AND LIST MY WISHLIST.
IT'S my 21st birthday right?
anyway, friends asked me to write it up so they know what to get me.

 SKINCARE/COSMETICS/BEAUTY and etc.

I used the sample I got from facebook and I am in love with
AMETHYSTORY's Mineral Aqua Gel shall talk about it in another post.

and Cure's Natural Aqua Gel, this is something I can't afford, though it's a great investment.

I still love OPI's nail polishes, so any color will do, really :) I do like the matte one more though ^^

and people, you know how sensitive my skin are, and I do get rashes and injuries easily, thus I would like to get rid of all those scars pigment I accumulate on my poor legs. Scar removal cream are real expensive, and the good ones are not sold directly in Singapore.
BUT, yeah, they do international shipping, so, REVITOL Scar Cream please.

I really do love masks too, even though I don't use it often anymore, and I got lots of them, I still want more.
Greedy right? Specially love the Aloe Vera and Green Tea masks from Etude House.

I love my nails, so any form of MANICURE and PEDICURE sessions, please DO BRING ME.
Be in express to classic or even to gelish.
There are like so many groupons out there you know.

Oh, and MASSAGE sessions too, if possible. My body aches a lot, real lots.

Perfume, and yes, I am sensitive to fragrance, but yes to a particular brand, JUICY. I am just collecting them for the bottles, so, they will just be sitting there.

GADGETS/ELECTRONICS and etc.

I love to read actually, so can I wish for a Kindle Fire or/and iPad 2 please.
So, I could actually surf and draw with the later.

I need new mouse too,how about Razors?
Actually I do not know anything much about mouse(s) so please intro me? Or give me some hardware store vouchers. Yeah, that will be nice too.

Oh, and earphones too, with mic if possible ><

I don't know where I should list this, but I want more Fujifilm Mini Instax Film please. Be it plain or colored or Disney.

TOY CAMERAS will be nice, it's still saddening that I broke my 4 frame in China. I got my Diana F+ and Fish Eye II so not this two yeah.

iPhone 4 covers will do nice too. Purples or black ones if possible? I always drop my phone, so I really do need back ups.

BOOKS/MAGAZINES/DISCS and etc.

Let's just settle with Amazon/Kinokuniya gift cards or vouchers, cause there are so many books for me to list.
Perhaps, any sort of concept art book? I do have Tangled, so any other than that.
Especially those from Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, Studio Gilbil... those few, you know what I am talking about yeah?

Some magazines will be nice too, I like National Geographic and Discovery.
Also, 3D world, Cinefex, imaginefx. yeah those few.

Mangas, like those by Mayu Shinjo's please.

ACCESSORIES/CLOTHES and etc. 

I mean, which girl wouldn't mind to have more clothes and accessories?
So, any will do!
I do prefer necklaces above all.  Kindly do not get me gold ones, sad to say, I do not like gold, however purple gold and white gold are not under the list. I am talking about the color gold actually. So be it real or not, no gold please.

I like those necklaces with big, big charms? So, yeah.

Anyway, I do love to have a COACH bag - poppy series, but that's out of the way, but it's my wish list after all, just let me list it out please.

Hmm, and clothes, if you do not know what's my dress sense is like, vouchers and giftcards do help. :P
Like, Cotton On, Forever 21, Victoria Secret, etc?

POUCHES, yeah pouches, in what ever sizes there are. I love pouches so I could keep stuffs here and there.

SHOES!!! BUT! Do not give me shoes, cause of some stupid superstitious? VOUCHERS do fine. Like sportsbrand to normal shops.

THE OTHERS and etc.

They are other stuffs that I want but I really do not know where to list them.

Like learning dancing again, so O School gift vouchers please.

I love movies too, so MOVIES VOUCHERS? erm... STARBUCKS VOUCHERS will be nice too.

more YARNS please since I love to knit a lot. Any will do, really, or just settle with SPOTLIGHT vouchers?

any COOKIE MONSTER related stuffs will be nice too, but NO MORE SOFT TOYS PLEASE, mum just keep on keeping them away instead.

Instax Mini Photo albums for my photos? I am running out of places to keep them.

ERM... I DON'T KNOW. Actually, anything will do. Seriously.
though I actually listed a lot, tbh.

I just want stuffs, that can be keep stake?
So, I can keep the memories inside of me, and also to look at them and able to think of you people?

HMM SO, they are like overboard yeah, I mean, if I can afford or able to get them, they won't appear in my WISHLIST but TO BUY/GET list right?

After all, you do not need to get me anything fanciful, just do turn up, friends and family.
It's always the thought that counts, right?
Just APPEAR okay.

L4D and I camwhore

Just last week, I played L4D 2 again with my classmates.
Then, today, was playing with Tonton and Alfred, am resting now since I always get dizzy after playing.

So, I took the lenses out from Tonton's fake specs, and started camwhore with it.



maybe I should change my specs into something like this?

LOTS TO BACK BLOG :D

NEW HAIR

Oh, before I forgot. 14.04.2011 Thursday.



I went for a hair cut, and got my hair reborned and dyed.

The ugly black roots were showing, quite obviously.
I didn't like them at all. And my ash faded off quite long ago, so it's the goldish color left on my hair?

I know I shouldn't dye and reborn my hair on the same day, but let it rest a few weeks.
Hairdresser said it was okay, so, oh well, I just need to wait for it to grow long, and trim them off.

Reborn keeps my hair tidy and neat. :D
I like it.

Anyway, I got my hair done by a home base hair dresser, mom recommended.
It's super near my house, like opposite yixuan mummy's Block only.
A 5-10 mins bus distance from Jurong Point?

She is fast, like real fast.
I got all the reborning, dying and hair cut done is like less then 3 hours or so?
Imagine the time you would have taken if you went to a salon, they just make you sit there and wait.

Here's her facebook link.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=525309395

Her info page got her contacts and the price list.
Not that bad actually.

Oh, and it's in taman jurong area.

TUMBLR

am like blogging and tumblr-ing at the same time. HAHAHA
uploading pictures from dailycute.net

http://cookieology.tumblr.com/

and

http://www.dailycute.net/