Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Something brainy...Walnut Cookies

I heard walnut is good for the brain.  Do you believe so?

Many old folks believed that pig brain is also good for our brain.  You dare to eat?  Ha..definitely not me!  And I'm not sharing any pig brain soup recipe here...

I fine that our brain is a very special organ.  How can such a small piece of "toufu" store things like a memory card huh?

Anyway, I like to share with you this walnut recipe and let's hope by eating it, it will aid in boosting our brain cells ha!

Ingredients (recipe makes about 120 pieces of cookies):

300g Top Four (sieve)
150g Walnut (bake at 160 degree for 10 minutes, cool and blend to coarse powder)
100g Walnut (raw - don't bake)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
180g Icing Sugar
120g Butter
120g Shortening
1/2 tsp Vanilla Powder
2 Egg Yolks

For Glazing - 1 Egg + 1/8 tsp salt (beat lightly and sieve)

  • Put Top Flour, salt, bicarbonate soda, baking powder and blended walnut powder in a bowl and mix together then leave aside.
  • Sieve icing sugar into the mixer bowl and add in 120g butter and shortening, vanilla powder and 2 egg yolks into mixer bowl.  Beat it for 2 minutes (1st minute slow and then change to fast speed).
  • Add in the flour mixture bit by bit into the mixer bowl and continue to beat with slow speed till all flour has been added in and well mixed (do not mixed too long).
  • Grease few baking tins with oil and preheat oven at 180 degree.

  • Roll dough into small equal size balls and put a piece of raw walnut on top and press lightly.  Leave enough gap in-between dough because cookie will expand when baking.
  • Egg wash cookies and bake at 180 degree for 10 minutes and then remove tray to do 2nd round of egg wash and then bake till golden and remove to cool before storing.
 Here's your nice walnut cookies!  Enjoy!!

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