This is not Geylang. Hehe. This is my house. We certainly didn’t plan to make a lot of kuihs. But one thing lead to another. We have like 8 kuihs now at home.
This 4 is my pet project. Not bad for my 1st attempt at raya kuihs.
from left, choco chip cookies, sugar cookies with icing, kuih aloha and kuih badam berjantung
I like the last one. Kuih badam berjantung. At first I was not very receptive to do anything nuts. Coz I don’t really like nutty kuih raya except for kuih makmur. But my mum insisted. So I relent but with a condition. I get to choose which one. So I chose this coz it’s heart shape. Haha. Ya I’m superficial like that. But hey it taste real good. I am pleasantly surprised. It’s very garing…crispy in English I think.
Recipe for kuih badam berjantung or literally in English Heart shaped almond cookies.
225g butter
115g icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
100g finaly crushed almonds( I used those packet almond powder)
150g plain flour
150 g cornflour
almonds(cut) for deco
1 teaspoon vanilla essence.
Method:
Beat butter and sugar till it’s fluffy. Add in vanilla essence, crushed almonds,baking powder, flour and cornflour. Mix evenly.
Roll out the dough and use preferred cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.Put the cut almonds for decoration and brush on the egg yolk. Bake at 170degrees for about 20min. ( Sorry again my Malay-Eng translation sucks now.)
Good Luck!
-Siti Rohani
