Raya Goodies

Raya has just passed about a week but I am still mad about the raya goodies. Hence I tried some raya cookies recipe which turned out to be great, it's time to share with you!

Biskut Arab ( also known as Crystal Ball Cookies)

Ingredients:

-50g multi-purpose flour (sifted)
-125g Castor sugar
-125g ghee

- a few drops of coloring : red, yellow and green (can be substitute with pandan juice)

Method:

1. Mixed together sugar and ghee.
2. Add in flour in batches until well mixed.
3. Once the dough is formed, divide it into 4 portions. 
4. Add red, yellow and green into each portions and left one portion as original color.
5. Start shaping into small ball by adding each portions of the doughs. 
6. Put each ball into paper cups and bake at 180 degree Celsius about 20-25 minutes.

Biskut Makmur (Peanut filling cookies)

Ingredients:

• 500g cake flour sifted
• 350g peanuts, de-skinned
• 1-1 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 250g ghee
• 1 egg
• Icing sugar for coating     
  
  
  

Method:

1. Fry sifted flour over slow fire until it is dry, light and leaves it to cool.
2. Fry peanuts over slow fire until fragrant. Grind while the peanuts are still warm.
3. Add in sugar to taste into the peanut and stir well. 
4. Combine fried flour, melted ghee and salt in a mixing bowl. Blend well.
5. Add eggs to the dry ingredients. Stop mixing as soon as a dough is formed.
6. Form dough into balls of your preferred size. Press in the center by using fore finger to flatten the ball. Place some peanuts mixture in to the center of the dough and wrapped it into a oval or egg shape ball. 
7. Place the ball on greased baking tin and bake in preheated oven at 180 degree Celcius for about 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden brown in color.
8. Cool cookies on their baking tray for 10-15 minutes. Coat cookies with sifted icing sugar (as shown). Store cookies in airtight container.

Almond London cookies

Ingredients:

• 125g fine sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 50g powdered almond (optional)
• 200g cornflour
• 300g multi-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 200g whole almond (oven roasted in 200 degree Celsius about 15 mins)
• 50g almond nibs for decoration
• +/- 250-300g dark chocolate (melted)
  
  

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar until light
2. Add in egg and vanilla essense, follow by powdered almond and mixed well.
3. Add in cornflour, rice flour and baking powder into the mixture.
4. Add in multi-purpose flour, batches by batches until a dough is formed.
5. Shape it into a smaller dough, oval or egg shape and wrap an almond in it.
6. Place all the complete dough in greased baking tin.
7. Bake it at 200 degree celcius about 20 minutes.
8. Once cooked, let it cool and dipped in the melted chocolate or pour the chocolate over the cookies.
9. Place each cookies in a paper cup and sprinkle with almond nibs.