chronicles of young

I love making pies/tarts.  As you will most probably notice, I baked this in a tart tin. I was nearly going to get a pie dish today, but in the end, pragmatism prevailed and we got a baking dish instead because it can be used for other purposes when I'm not baking pies. Next time I will make a real pie following this . But still in a tart tin. Till then, I still have 2 slices of this in the fridge. Yum. Recipe from Beatrice Osakanga's Light and Easy Baking CRUST 1 cup AP flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup canola oil 2 tablespoons ice water FILLING 1/3 cup AP flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest (I used more) 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3 large eggs separated 1 cup skim milk (but I used the normal milk anyway) Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius. Crust: In a small bowl, stir flour and salt together. In another, combine oil and water. With a fork, stir the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients...

Sorry for the clutter, I'm a messy baker Maybe I should start a Dad and Me series. Its his hand in the photo here, one of the many trays we baked together.(Best Bakemate!) lemon cookies These cookies are special, because for some reason, I make them only during Chinese New Year.  orderly almond ones  Or perhaps I know the reason. The sheer amount of butter needed when one looks at the recipe is enough to let you have second thoughts about baking these often. Also, they go really fast. Once you pop one in your mouth, dang, you're so going to keep on eating. (Sorry, the measurements are in weight cos I just can't change it to cups) The recipes are from my baking instructor when I went for a course in a community club, with some changes Lemon cookies 270g unsalted butter, softened 90g icing sugar 270g AP flour 60g custard powder 1 teaspoon lemon oil 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Sift flour and custard powder toget...

Guessed as much? So, I have been planning to make lemon bars for my cousin's 20th birthday. Bake it, put it in a cute box, hear a big "Thanks!" and "These are wonderful, can you give me the recipe?" Nice? I spent one hour doing this. And yes, that's a Subway wrapper. And then.... this. hahahah, now that I look back at this I think it is quite amusing. But was really upset at this at while ago. Okay, at least the gooey tart lemon filling tastes good. Want to know why so you will never ever end up with this? I used a pan bigger than the one in the recipe. Darn, I had told myself optimistically(or rather, stupidly) that a few centimetres didn't matter. Well, I know it did deep down, but well. Never mind, the second batch was not too bad. If you are wondering, I 'dammed' the lemon filling with foil, so it would bake over the shortbread crust and not in the pan. I took this from joyofbaking, so click here for the recipe. Let...