70s elusive cornflake cookies

I have a box of corn flakes and a bag of cashews that I want to use up. Found VictoriaBakes's cornflake cookies, seems not bad so I try it out today. Its an easy bake with minimum wash up! It taste very good, not sure its its the coconut oil. (Its my 1st time baking with coconut oil)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (i used organic coconut oil)
• 4/3 cup brown sugar 
• 1/2 egg
• 1/2 cup crushed corn flakes
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (i used Cashews)
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 tbsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 140 degrees
2. Cream butter, sugars, vanilla and egg
3. Add oil
4. Mix in dry ingredients
5. Form dough into walnut sized balls
6. Place on cookie sheet and flatten
7. Bake for 26 mins (for crunchy cookies)
8. Cool on pan for a minute or two then transfer to a rack to cool

Blueberry muffins (or any flavours you prefer)

This is a really versatile recipe from Victoria Bakes

Recipe (makes 8 muffins）

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (sprinkle onto muffin top before baking)

Additional advice that I will try next time: Add vanilla extract, and use buttermilk

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 240 degrees C.  Grease muffin tray or line with muffin liners
2. Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder
3. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture and fold in blueberries
4. Fill muffin cups liner right to the top. sprinkle brown sugar onto muffin before baking
5. Once muffins are in the oven, turn oven temperature down to 220 degrees C and bake for 10 mins, then turn the temperature down to 200 degrees to complete the rest of the baking time (10-15min)

I try using nutella, bananas, choco and nuts. All turn out very nice ^^

Old School Bread

I try many bread recipe but with not much success. But this recipe really works (For me, anyways)

Link: http://peimaee.pixnet.net/blog/post/79765850?m=off

I half the recipe:

Bread flour 250g
Sugar 50g
Salt half tsp
Milk power 7g
Butter 40g (I use salted butter)
Yeast 1 heap tsp
Milk 130 ml
Egg 50g (I use 1 egg)

Using my bread maker, I mix everything (but the butter) following the bread maker instructions. Add the butter after everything is mixed.

Rest for 30 mins and mix again with the bread maker.

I divide the dough into 6 portions and shape as I like (I added hotdogs in my buns). After that I line them in the baking tray (my baking tray is non stick so I didn't add any oil) and proof for 1hr.

Before baking I brush the bread with water and milk (You can egg wash for shiny finish. I use milk only as I didn't want to waste an egg). Squeeze some room temp butter in between each bun (I don't know why but I did it :p)

I bake it in my oven (No fan) 160c for 25 mins and turn down to 150 for another 5mins.

Honey Pork Belly

Easy dinner: Honey Pork Belly from Just One Cook Book. Very flavourful yet easy dish to cook.     
For 2

Recipe:

• 250g-300g pork belly (Slice into ¼ inch pieces)
• Oil
• Blanched baby spinach 
• Mayonnaise

      Seasonings:

• 1 and half tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 grated garlic cloves

Steps:

1. Heat oil in a frying pan and start cooking pork belly on high heat.
2. When both side of the meat browned, turn off the heat.
3. Wipe off excess oil. 
4. Turn the heat back and add seasonings.
5. Take care not to burn the sauce.
6. Place meat on the spinach and spoon on the sauce.
7. Serve with rice :)

Creamy Chicken Corn Bacon Pasta

This Creamy Chicken Corn Bacon Pasta is a keeper! I followed Sharon Lam's recipe. With some modifications.

For 2

Recipe:

• 2 chicken thighs
• 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
• half medium yellow onion
• half head of garlic, peeled
• half green bell pepper
• 60g uncook pasta
• 1 cup low fat milk
• half chicken bouilon cube
• Some dry rosemary
• half cup can corn
• Zest of half lemon
• Salt and pepper 

Steps:

Rinse and dry chicken 

Season generously with salt and pepper 

 Sear chicken with some oil on skin side and other side

Set side using paper paper towel to absorb 

Add bacon, cook till crisp (remove and set aside)

Saute onion and garlic and add pasta, rosemary, milk, bouilon, corn and lemon zest. 

Season with salt and lots of pepper. 

Return chicken to te pan and cook till pasta are done 

Crumble bacon on top and serve immediately 

Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls

Keeping to Vietnamese theme for the week, I made Pork Banh Mi for breakfast and spring rolls for dinner.

Make 10 rolls

Recipe:

• Round rice paper wrappers
• Some fresh mint leaves
• Whatever you will like to eat for my case: 
• 10 Cooked Tiger prawns, peeled and sliced half lengthwise 
• Lettuce, carrots 
• 5 Crab stick
• Some Fresh basil and Cilantro
• Chop peanuts to go with the sauce

Steps:

1. Soften the rice papers using warm water. It will soften very fast just dip and remove
2. Lay rice on large plate and place your choice of fillings and wrap 
3. Then enjoy :)