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Feb
13

Cookies defined

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I don’t generally like cookies, but I can’t resist the ones bought from Famous-Amos. 100 gm pun tak cukup.. The very name ‘cookie’ is actually derived from a Dutch word ‘koekje’ (sorry I don’t know how to pronounce that) meaning ‘little cakes’. During the old days, bakers use to drop small amount of cake batters …

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Feb
12

Butter : salted or unsalted?

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For butter in baking, most of us normally use the common brand we can find in our M’sia supermarket. I attended a short cake decorating course at one of our local college a few months ago. The chef insisted in using unsalted butter. And the cakes turn out to be really good. So, I did …

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